The .rhosts file must not be supported in PAM.

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: ECCD-2, ECCD-1

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-37389r1_rule The .rhosts file must not be supported in PAM.

Vulnerability discussion

.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.

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Fix text

Edit the file(s) in /etc/pam.d referencing the rhosts_auth module, and remove the references to the rhosts_auth module.

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