STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

Login must not be permitted with empty/null passwords for SSH.

DISA Rule

SV-216355r603267_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-216355

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040370

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

The root role is required.

Modify the sshd_config file

# pfedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Locate the line containing:

PermitEmptyPasswords

Change it to:

PermitEmptyPasswords no

Restart the SSH service.

# svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh

Check Contents

Determine if empty/null passwords are allowed for the SSH service.

# grep "^PermitEmptyPasswords" /etc/ssh/sshd_config

If the output of this command is not:

PermitEmptyPasswords no

this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-216355

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040370

Severity Override Guidance

Determine if empty/null passwords are allowed for the SSH service.

# grep "^PermitEmptyPasswords" /etc/ssh/sshd_config

If the output of this command is not:

PermitEmptyPasswords no

this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4022

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