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🗓️ 15 Jan 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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SSH AuthenticationMethods specifies authentication methods required for user access in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.150561");
  script_version("2022-08-31T10:10:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-08-31 10:10:28 +0000 (Wed, 31 Aug 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-01-15 13:47:26 +0000 (Fri, 15 Jan 2021)");
  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 AuthenticationMethods");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "read_sshd_config.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch");

  script_add_preference(name:"Value", type:"entry", value:"publickey", id:1);

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://linux.die.net/man/5/sshd_config");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"sshd reads configuration data from /etc/ssh/sshd_config (or the
file specified with -f on the command line). The file contains keyword-argument pairs, one per line.
Lines starting with '#' and empty lines are interpreted as comments. Arguments may optionally be
enclosed in double quotes in order to represent arguments containing spaces.

AuthenticationMethods specifies the authentication methods that must be successfully completed for
a user to be granted access");

  exit(0);
}

include("ssh_func.inc");
include("policy_functions.inc");

cmd = "grep '^AuthenticationMethods' /etc/ssh/sshd_config";
title = "SSH AuthenticationMethods";
solution = "Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config";
test_type = "SSH_Cmd";
default = script_get_preference("Value", id:1);

if(get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sshd_config/ERROR")){
  value = "Error";
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Could not read /etc/ssh/sshd_config";
}else if(!value = get_kb_item("Policy/linux/sshd_config/authenticationmethods")){
  value = "Error";
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Could not get supported AuthenticationMethods from /etc/ssh/sshd_config";
}else{
  compliant = policy_setting_exact_match(value:value, set_point:default);
}

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);

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