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Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215433	AIX7-00-003139	SV-215433r991591_rule		Medium

Description

.rhosts files are used to specify a list of hosts permitted remote access to a particular account without authenticating. The use of such a mechanism defeats strong identification and authentication requirements.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-08-16

Check Text (C-16631r294750_chk)

Check the PAM configuration for "rhosts_auth" using command: # grep rhosts_auth /etc/pam.conf |grep -v \# If a "rhosts_auth" entry is found, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16629r294751_fix)

Edit "/etc/pam.conf" and remove the reference(s) to the "rhosts_auth" module.