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1.105 SOL-11.1-040370

Information

Login must not be permitted with empty/null passwords for SSH.

GROUP ID: V-216355
RULE ID: SV-216355r959010

Permitting login without a password is inherently risky.

Solution

The root role is required.

Modify the sshd_config file

# pfedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Locate the line containing:

PermitEmptyPasswords

Change it to:

PermitEmptyPasswords no

Restart the SSH service.

# svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216355r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040370, Vuln-ID|V-216355

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a4f5264c85c6b4a5df77b630ae738fa18bb7f7019c53f402b87b55764464b6b7