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PHTN-67-000089 - The Photon operating system must configure sshd to disallow authentication with an empty password.
Information
Blank passwords are one of the first things an attacker checks for when probing a system. Even is the user somehow has a blank password on the OS, sshd must not allow that user to log in.Solution
Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config with a text editor.Ensure that the 'PermitEmptyPasswords' line is uncommented and set to the following:
PermitEmptyPasswords no
At the command line, execute the following command:
# service sshd reload
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y23M07_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS v1r6
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-239160r675288_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-67-000089, Vuln-ID|V-239160
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: a60e3207dc40223c21435638791c6db7667969ef12256c65423c2f819eb507f5