The Photon operating system must enable Secure Shell (SSH) authentication logging.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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| V-258866 | PHTN-40-000201 | SV-258866r933659_rule | Medium |
| Description |
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| Automated monitoring of remote access sessions allows organizations to detect cyberattacks and ensure ongoing compliance with remote access policies by auditing connection activities. The INFO LogLevel is required, at least, to ensure the capturing of failed login events. |
| STIG | Date |
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| VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-10-29 |
Details
| Check Text ( C-62606r933657_chk ) |
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| At the command line, run the following command to verify the running configuration of sshd: # sshd -T|&grep -i LogLevel Example result: loglevel INFO If "LogLevel" is not set to "INFO", this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-62515r933658_fix) |
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| Navigate to and open: /etc/ssh/sshd_config Ensure the "LogLevel" line is uncommented and set to the following: LogLevel INFO At the command line, run the following command: # systemctl restart sshd.service |