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V-215291

CAT II (Medium)

AIX must disable Kerberos Authentication in ssh config file to enforce access restrictions.

Rule ID

SV-215291r1009547_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-003938CCI-001814

Discussion

Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to the application configuration, it will be difficult to identify attempted attacks and an audit trail will not be available for forensic investigation for after-the-fact actions. Enforcement actions are the methods or mechanisms used to prevent unauthorized changes to configuration settings. Enforcement action methods may be as simple as denying access to a file based on the application of file permissions (access restriction). Audit items may consist of lists of actions blocked by access restrictions or changes identified after the fact.

Check Content

Check the SSH daemon configuration for the Kerberos authentication setting: 
# grep -i KerberosAuthentication /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#' 

If the setting is present and set to "yes", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file and add or change the "KerberosAuthentication" value of the setting to "no".

Refresh sshd:
# stopsrc -s sshd
# startsrc -s sshd