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Check: GEN005521

VMware ESX 3 Server: GEN005521 (in version v1 r2)

Title

The SSH daemon must restrict login ability to specific users and/or groups. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Restricting SSH logins to a limited group of users, such as system administrators, prevents password-guessing and other SSH attacks from reaching system accounts and other accounts not authorized for SSH access.

Check Content

Check the SSH daemon configuration for the AllowGroups setting. # grep -i AllowGroups /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v '^#' If no lines are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Edit the SSH daemon configuration and add an AllowGroups directive.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-26763r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-22470

Group Title: GEN005521

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-000225	Employ the principle of least privilege, allowing only authorized accesses for users (or processes acting on behalf of users) which are necessary to accomplish assigned organizational tasks.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
AC-6	Least Privilege