STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

There must be no shosts.equiv files on the RHEL 8 operating system.

DISA Rule

SV-230283r627750_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-230283

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010460

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Remove any found "shosts.equiv" files from the system.

$ sudo rm /etc/ssh/shosts.equiv

Check Contents

Verify there are no "shosts.equiv" files on RHEL 8 with the following command:

$ sudo find / -name shosts.equiv

If a "shosts.equiv" file is found, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-230283

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-08-010460

Severity Override Guidance

Verify there are no "shosts.equiv" files on RHEL 8 with the following command:

$ sudo find / -name shosts.equiv

If a "shosts.equiv" file is found, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2921

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