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1.181 RHEL-09-252075

Information

There must be no .shosts files on RHEL 9.

GROUP ID: V-257956
RULE ID: SV-257956r991589

The .shosts files are used to configure host-based authentication for individual users or the system via 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

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

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

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22008

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-257956r991589_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-252075, Vuln-ID|V-257956

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c2cf26e2dcb766d99baa4516720671d97d28ee0c3c98f43d942bb84280f611bd