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1.224 RHEL-09-255110

Information

RHEL 9 SSH server configuration file must be owned by root.

GROUP ID: V-257998
RULE ID: SV-257998r1082181

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

Solution

Configure the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file and the contents of "/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d" to be owned by root with the following command:

$ sudo chown -R root /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config.d

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-257998r1082181_rule, STIG-ID|RHEL-09-255110, Vuln-ID|V-257998

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 03706757415cc012a693c93ec3331529a84bb72b95a1440d813eafe8421d2dcd