The Oracle Linux operating system must be configured so that the SSH daemon does not allow authentication using rhosts authentication.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-221852 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | OL07-00-040350 | SV-221852r991589_rule | 2025-05-08 | 3 |
| Description |
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| Configuring this setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote logon via SSH will require a password, even in the event of misconfiguration elsewhere. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Verify the SSH daemon does not allow authentication using known hosts authentication. To determine how the SSH daemon's "IgnoreRhosts" option is set, run the following command: # grep -i IgnoreRhosts /etc/ssh/sshd_config IgnoreRhosts yes If the value is returned as "no", the returned line is commented out, or no output is returned, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the SSH daemon to not allow authentication using known hosts authentication. Add the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config", or uncomment the line and set the value to "yes": IgnoreRhosts yes |