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RHEL-10-700680 - RHEL 10 must not have a "shosts.equiv" file on the system.
Information
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://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_RHEL_10_V1R1_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 STIG v1r1
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: cef9677b40e13303b46d35a7d537ed0817204b4c57840846c0bd0d56d748f7ed