Linux: SSH UsePAM
🗓️ 07 May 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| linux | www.linux.die.net/man/5/sshd_config |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150227");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:09 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-05-07 06:49:26 +0000 (Thu, 07 May 2020)");
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("Linux: SSH UsePAM");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Policy");
script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "read_sshd_config.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");
script_add_preference(name:"Value", type:"radio", value:"yes;no", id:1);
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://linux.die.net/man/5/sshd_config");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Distribution Independent Linux v2.0.0: 5.2.20 Ensure SSH PAM is enabled (Scored)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS CentOS Linux 8 Benchmark v1.0.0: 5.2.16 Ensure SSH PAM is enabled (Scored)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"CIS Controls Version 7: 5.1 Establish Secure Configurations");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"UsePAM Enables the Pluggable Authentication Module interface. If set to 'yes'
this will enable PAM authentication using ChallengeResponseAuthentication and
PasswordAuthentication in addition to PAM account and session module processing for all
authentication types.
When usePAM is set to yes, PAM runs through account and session types properly. This is important
if you want to restrict access to services based off of IP, time or other factors of the account.
Additionally, you can make sure users inherit certain environment variables on login or disallow
access to the server.");
exit(0);
}
include("policy_functions.inc");
cmd = "grep '^UsePAM' /etc/ssh/sshd_config";
title = "SSH UsePAM";
solution = "Edit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file to set the parameter as follows:
UsePAM yes";
test_type = "SSH_Cmd";
default = script_get_preference("Value", id:1);
if(get_kb_item("linux/mount/ERROR")){
value = "Error";
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "Could not read /etc/ssh/sshd_config";
}else{
value = get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sshd_config/usepam");
compliant = policy_setting_exact_match(value:value, set_point:default);
comment = "";
}
policy_reporting(result:value, default:default, compliant:compliant, fixtext:solution,
type:test_type, test:cmd, info:comment);
policy_set_kbs(type:test_type, cmd:cmd, default:default, solution:solution, title:title,
value:value, compliant:compliant);
exit(0);Data
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