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V-256485

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must have the sshd LogLevel set to "INFO".

Rule ID

SV-256485r958406_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000067

Discussion

Automated monitoring of remote access sessions allows organizations to detect cyberattacks and ensure ongoing compliance with remote access policies by auditing connection activities. The INFO LogLevel is required, at least, to ensure the capturing of failed login events.

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# sshd -T|&grep -i LogLevel

Expected result:

LogLevel INFO

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

Ensure the "LogLevel" line is uncommented and set to the following:

LogLevel INFO

At the command line, run the following command:

# systemctl restart sshd.service