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1.340 RHEL-10-700680

Information

RHEL 10 must not have a "shosts.equiv" file on the system.

GROUP ID: V-281271RULE ID: SV-281271r1197244

The "shosts.equiv" files are used to configure host-based authentication for the system via Secure Shell (SSH). Host-based authentication is not sufficient for preventing unauthorized access to the system, as it does not require interactive identification and authentication of a connection request, or for the use of two-factor authentication.

Solution

Configure RHEL 10 to not have a "shosts.equiv" file on the system.

Remove any found "shosts.equiv" files from the system:

$ sudo rm /[path]/[to]/[file]/shosts.equiv

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/26403

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-3, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-281271r1197244_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-10-700680, Vuln-ID|V-281271

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5d7649e22f54e9308f1b64260d4e6305729eca567f9d977360e49b9370222b1d