STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 22 Jan 2021:

The SSH client must not permit GSSAPI authentication unless needed.

DISA Rule

SV-226996r603265_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-226996

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

GEN005525

Severity

CAT III

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Edit the SSH client configuration and set (add if necessary) a GSSAPIAuthentication directive set to no.

Check Contents

Check the SSH clients configuration for the GSSAPI authentication setting.
# grep -i GSSAPIAuthentication /etc/ssh/ssh_config | grep -v '^#'
If no lines are returned, or the setting is set to yes, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-226996

Documentable

False

Rule Version

GEN005525

Severity Override Guidance

Check the SSH clients configuration for the GSSAPI authentication setting.
# grep -i GSSAPIAuthentication /etc/ssh/ssh_config | grep -v '^#'
If no lines are returned, or the setting is set to yes, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4060

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