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PHTN-30-000083 - 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 operating system, sshd must not allow that user to log in.Solution
Navigate to and open:/etc/ssh/sshd_config
Ensure the 'PermitEmptyPasswords' line is uncommented and set to the following:
PermitEmptyPasswords no
At the command line, run the following command:
# systemctl restart sshd.service
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y25M01_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 Photon OS v1r4
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-256552r991589_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-30-000083, Vuln-ID|V-256552
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 2974aac1b1c40fc9022ad0ed91d2d89e5512484b51fc00c826bdac4e9941acf5