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PHTN-40-000208 - The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disable user environment processing.
Information
Enabling user environment processing may enable users to bypass access restrictions in some configurations and must therefore be disabled.Solution
Navigate to and open:/etc/ssh/sshd_config
Ensure the "PermitUserEnvironment" line is uncommented and set to the following:
PermitUserEnvironment 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-258871r991591_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-40-000208, Vuln-ID|V-258871
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 9612c7985d3f3dc0505de7b8fee1c37fbc7d35367c965f8af4a88bd961b0ce60