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1.168 SLES-15-040020

Information

There must be no .shosts files on the SUSE operating system.

GROUP ID: V-234984
RULE ID: SV-234984r991589

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 ".shosts" files found on the SUSE operating system.

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

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23779

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-234984r991589_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-15-040020, Vuln-ID|V-234984

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 068e9ba7e1b330550765cb3eb5d0e94e96df587446aa39d2f78d1ebe3baea8e7