Title

The macOS system must configure SSHD unused connection timeout to 900. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

If SSHD is enabled, it must be configured with unused connection timeout set to 900. This will set the timeout when there are no open channels within a session. Note: /etc/ssh/sshd_config will be automatically modified to its original state following any update or major upgrade to the operating system. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072,SRG-OS-000279-GPOS-00109

Check Content

Verify the macOS system is configured to set the SSHD unused connection timeout to 900 with the following command: /usr/sbin/sshd -G | /usr/bin/awk '/unusedconnectionetimeout/{print $2}' If the result is not "900", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the macOS system to set the SSHD unused connection timeout to 900 with the following command: include_dir=$(/usr/bin/awk '/^Include/ {print $2}' /etc/ssh/sshd_config | /usr/bin/tr -d '*') if [[ -z $include_dir ]]; then /usr/bin/sed -i.bk "1s/.*/Include \/etc\/ssh\/sshd_config.d\/\*/" /etc/ssh/sshd_config fi /usr/bin/grep -qxF 'unusedconnectionetimeout 900' "${include_dir}01-mscp-sshd.conf" 2>/dev/null || echo "unusedconnectionetimeout 900" >> "${include_dir}01-mscp-sshd.conf" for file in $(ls ${include_dir}); do if [[ "$file" == "100-macos.conf" ]]; then continue fi if [[ "$file" == "01-mscp-sshd.conf" ]]; then break fi /bin/mv ${include_dir}${file} ${include_dir}20-${file} done

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-259447r940963_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-259447

Group Title: SRG-OS-000163-GPOS-00072

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