STIGQter: STIG Summary: SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 4 Benchmark Date: 01 Apr 2026:

SLEM 5 must log SSH connection attempts and failures to the server.

DISA Rule

SV-261338r996845_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-261338

Group Title

SRG-OS-000032-GPOS-00013

Rule Version

SLEM-05-255065

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000067 - Employ automated mechanisms to monitor remote access methods.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure SSH to verbosely log connection attempts and failed logon attempts to SLEM 5.

Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/ssh/sshd_config" file:

LogLevel VERBOSE

Restart the SSH daemon in order for the changes to take effect:

> sudo systemctl restart sshd.service

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Verify SSH is configured to verbosely log connection attempts and failed logon attempts to SLEM 5 with the following command:

> sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -dd 2>&1 | awk '/filename/ {print $4}' | tr -d '\r' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs sudo grep -iH '^\s*loglevel'
/etc/ssh/sshd_config:LogLevel VERBOSE

If "LogLevel" is not set to "VERBOSE", is commented out, missing, or conflicting results are returned, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-261338

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLEM-05-255065

Severity Override Guidance

Verify SSH is configured to verbosely log connection attempts and failed logon attempts to SLEM 5 with the following command:

> sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -dd 2>&1 | awk '/filename/ {print $4}' | tr -d '\r' | tr '\n' ' ' | xargs sudo grep -iH '^\s*loglevel'
/etc/ssh/sshd_config:LogLevel VERBOSE

If "LogLevel" is not set to "VERBOSE", is commented out, missing, or conflicting results are returned, this is a finding.

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Target Key

5596