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ESXI-65-000012 - The ESXi host SSH daemon must ignore .rhosts files.
Information
SSH trust relationships mean a compromise on one host can allow an attacker to move trivially to other hosts. SSH can emulate the behavior of the obsolete rsh command in allowing users to enable insecure access to their accounts via '.rhosts' files.Solution
From an SSH session connected to the ESXi host, or from the ESXi shell, add or correct the following line in '/etc/ssh/sshd_config':Add or correct the following line in '/etc/ssh/sshd_config':
IgnoreRhosts yes
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-5_Y21M07_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere ESXi OS 6.5 v2r2
Category: ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
References: 800-53|AC-14, 800-53|IA-5, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000767, Rule-ID|SV-207613r378856_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-65-000012, STIG-Legacy|SV-104057, STIG-Legacy|V-93971, Vuln-ID|V-207613
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: aac756f64bb88f2dcfe53172b0c8dd1e5ef633f6905683c26b191c124afcf7ec