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Configuring the SSH Service Port Properly

🗓️ 07 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Plan and configure IP addresses to limit SSH listening and reduce attack surface.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# METADATA
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130326");
  script_version("2025-11-21T05:40:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-21 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-05-07 11:44:19 +0000 (Wed, 07 May 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");

  script_name("Configuring the SSH Service Port Properly");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "compliance_os_check.nasl");

  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch", "policy/ssh/login/euleros_eulerosvirtual_openeuler");

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.3 SSH: 3.3.11 Configuring the SSH Service Port Properly (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Virtual: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.3 SSH: 3.3.11 Configuring the SSH Service Port Properly (Recommendation)");
  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"openEuler Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 3. Running and Services: 3.3 SSH: 3.3.11 Configuring the SSH Service Port Properly (Recommendation)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A server typically has multiple NICs and IP addresses. You need
to plan IP addresses to determine which ones are used for services or management. Not all IP
addresses need to listen on SSH connections. You can specify only some IP addresses to perform SSH
connections to reduce the attack surface. Other IP addresses cannot be used to connect to the
server through SSH.

The IP addresses are not configured on openEuler by default because the live network scenario
cannot be determined. You are advised to plan and configure the IP addresses as required.");

  exit(0);
}

include("ssh_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("policy_reporting_module.inc");

title = "Configuring the SSH Service Port Properly";

solution = "Open the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file, configure the planned IP address after the
ListenAddress field, and restart the sshd service. If there are multiple IP addresses, configure
them in multiple lines.

# vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
ListenAddress
ListenAddress
# systemctl restart sshd";

check_type = "SSH_Cmd";

action = 'Run the command in the terminal:
# grep -i "^\\s*ListenAddress" /etc/ssh/sshd_config 2>/dev/null';

expected_value = 'The output should not be empty';

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CONNECTION CHECK
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(!get_kb_item("login/SSH/success") || !sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection()){

  report_ssh_error(title: title,
                   solution: solution,
                   action: action,
                   expected_value: expected_value,
                   check_type: check_type);
  exit(0);
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK : Check ListenAddress in sshd_config file
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

step_cmd = 'grep -i "^\\s*ListenAddress" /etc/ssh/sshd_config 2>/dev/null';
actual_value = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);

if(eregmatch(string: actual_value, pattern:"(No such file or directory|Permission denied|Command not found|Segmentation fault|service not found|is not running|syntax error near unexpected token|syntax error: unexpected end of file)", icase: TRUE)){
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Something went wrong during the audit check. Please try again.";
}else if(actual_value){
  compliant = "yes";
  comment = "Check passed";
}else{
  compliant = "no";
  comment = "Check failed";
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# REPORT
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

target = get_kb_item("policy/ssh/login/os-release");
comment = "Target: " + target + "\n" + comment;

report_audit(action: action,
             actual_value: actual_value,
             expected_value: expected_value,
             is_compliant: compliant,
             solution: solution,
             check_type: check_type,
             title: title,
             comment: comment);

exit(0);

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