Title

The SSH daemon must be configured to only use FIPS 140-2 approved ciphers. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

DoD information systems are required to use FIPS 140-2 approved ciphers. SSHv2 ciphers meeting this requirement are 3DES and AES.

Check Content

Check the SSH daemon configuration for allowed ciphers. # grep -i ciphers /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#' If no lines are returned, or the returned ciphers list contains any cipher not starting with 3des or aes, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change or set the Ciphers line to the following. Ciphers aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-41035r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-22458

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Expert Comments

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