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1.338 OL09-00-002509

Information

OL 9 SSH server configuration file must have mode 0600 or less permissive.

GROUP ID: V-271778
RULE ID: SV-271778r1092046

Service configuration files enable or disable features of their respective services that if configured incorrectly can lead to insecure and vulnerable configurations. Therefore, service configuration files should be owned by the correct group to prevent unauthorized changes.

Solution

Configure the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" permissions to be "0600" with the following command:

$ sudo chmod 0600 /etc/ssh/sshd_config

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-271778r1092046_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-002509, Vuln-ID|V-271778

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 08e5dd72ddcc2f4d34b9d6f3dea0e53367e83ebc4294f9a557895a14ca40f49f