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Read configs to prevent root login
Information
Severity
Severity
Informational
Family
Family
IT-Grundschutz
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
0.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This plugin uses ssh to Read configs to prevent root login: Check for /etc/securettys show all non console, check if root login is not possible via SSH, check for SYSLOG_SU_ENAB in /etc/login.defs, check for perm 0644 on /etc/securettys /etc/login.defs /etc/sshd/sshd_config, check if root_squash is enabled on all NFS mounts