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1.134 OL08-00-010830

Information

OL 8 must not allow users to override SSH environment variables.

GROUP ID: V-248650
RULE ID: SV-248650r991591

SSH environment options potentially allow users to bypass access restriction in some configurations.

Solution

Configure OL 8 to allow the SSH daemon to not allow unattended or automatic login to the system.

Add or edit the following line in the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file:

PermitUserEnvironment no

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

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23791

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-248650r991591_rule, STIG-ID|OL08-00-010830, Vuln-ID|V-248650

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 3de2f31946353ab377359bd28637e199df6a77f547a5fc10a2f1631609232d5e