The Photon operating system must configure sshd to disallow HostbasedAuthentication.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-256584 | SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229 | PHTN-30-000115 | SV-256584r991591_rule | 2024-12-16 | 1 |
| Description |
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| Secure Shell (SSH) trust relationships enable trivial lateral spread after a host compromise and therefore must be explicitly disabled. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| At the command line, run the following command: # sshd -T|&grep -i HostbasedAuthentication Expected result: hostbasedauthentication no If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Navigate to and open: /etc/ssh/sshd_config Ensure the "HostbasedAuthentication" line is uncommented and set to the following: HostbasedAuthentication no At the command line, run the following command: # systemctl restart sshd.service |