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V-282712

CAT II (Medium)

The TOSS 5 SSH daemon must not allow known hosts authentication.

Rule ID

SV-282712r1201589_rule

STIG

Tri-Lab Operating System Stack (TOSS) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

Configuring the IgnoreUserKnownHosts setting for the SSH daemon provides additional assurance that remote login via SSH will require a password, even in the event of misconfiguration elsewhere.

Check Content

Verify the SSH daemon does not allow known hosts authentication using the following command:

$ sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -dd 2>&1 | awk '/filename/ {print $4}' | tr -d '\r' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs sudo grep -iH '^\s*ignoreuserknownhosts'

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 Text

Configure the SSH daemon to not allow known hosts authentication.

Add the following line in "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" or uncomment the line and set the value to "yes":

IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes

Restart the SSH service for changes to take effect:

$ sudo systemctl restart sshd.service