All .rhosts, .shosts, or host.equiv files must only contain trusted host-user pairs.

From SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide

Part of GEN002020

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-45166r1_rule All .rhosts, .shosts, or host.equiv files must only contain trusted host-user pairs.

Vulnerability discussion

If these files are not properly configured, they could allow malicious access by unknown malicious users from untrusted hosts who could compromise the system.

Check content

Locate and examine all r-commands access control files. Procedure: # find / -name .rhosts # more //.rhosts # find / -name .shosts # more //.shosts # find / -name hosts.equiv # more //hosts.equiv # find / -name shosts.equiv # more //shosts.equiv If any .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, or shosts.equiv file contains other than host-user pairs, this is a finding.

Fix text

If possible, remove the .rhosts, .shosts, hosts.equiv, and shosts.equiv files. If the files are required, remove any content from the files except for necessary host-user pairs.

Pro Tips

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