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PHTN-40-000207 - The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) 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 if the user somehow has a blank password on the OS, SSH 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_8-0_Y24M08_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-258870r991591_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-40-000207, Vuln-ID|V-258870
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: e82cca1af21c4390a2d39be6b5509234ddf45558a8aede9d8c6dd6124f520cdd