PHTN-40-000233 - The Photon operating system must be configured to protect the Secure Shell (SSH) public host key from unauthorized modification.

Information

If a public host key file is modified by an unauthorized user, the SSH service may be compromised.

Solution

At the command line, run the following commands for each returned file:

# chmod 644 <file>
# chown root:root <file>
# systemctl restart sshd.service

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y24M08_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 STIG v2r1

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-258895r991589_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-40-000233, Vuln-ID|V-258895

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4065e60793a8c8a715ca5f9e930249f97d7957cc44e65b493407c6fe6c90d297