The TOSS SSH daemon must not allow authentication using known host's authentication.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-252942 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | TOSS-04-010400 | SV-252942r991589_rule | 2024-05-30 | 2 |
| 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 host's authentication with the following command: $ sudo grep -i IgnoreUserKnownHosts /etc/ssh/sshd_config IgnoreUserKnownHosts 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 host's authentication. Add the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" or uncomment the line and set the value to "yes": IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes The SSH daemon must be restarted for the changes to take effect. To restart the SSH daemon, run the following command: $ sudo systemctl restart sshd.service |