----- Original Message -----
From: "Maura Dailey" <maura(a)eclipse.ncsc.mil>
To: scap-security-guide(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 6:10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Fedora] Fix typo in OVAL check for sshd disable empty passwords
On 12/16/2013 11:45 AM, Shawn Wells wrote:
> On 12/16/13, 10:09 AM, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
>> - <ind:pattern operation="pattern
>>
match">^(?i)(?:(?!\s+PermitEmptyPasswords\s+yes).)*(\n\s*PermitEmptyPasswords\s+no)(.*)$</ind:pattern>
>> + <ind:pattern operation="pattern
>>
match">^(?i)(?:(?!\n\s*PermitEmptyPasswords\s+yes).)*(\n\s*PermitEmptyPasswords\s+no)(.*)$</ind:pattern>
>
>
> This is likely in the RHEL6 content too. To address both Fedora &
> RHEL, could this check be moved to shared/ and symlinked?
Not in RHEL-6 yet. This is complete rewrite for the OVAL check for Fedora
(would move to shared once have had chance to further test on RHEL-6 too).
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The pattern operation line is completely different in the RHEL version:
<ind:pattern operation="pattern
match">^[\s]*(?i)PermitEmptyPasswords[\s]+no[\s]*$</ind:pattern>
Yes, but unfortunately this check is not sufficient. Returns PASS
also for case like:
PermitEmptyPasswords yes
PermitEmptyPasswords no
being present in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (IOW it's not sufficient to
check if there's "PermitEmptyPasswords no" setting in the config,
but it's also necessary to check if it isn't prefixed / preceded
by another "PermitEmptyPasswords yes" in the config).
Or yet IOW if "(?i)PermitEmptyPasswords no" has been provided
as the first option in sshd config. That's why the rewrite.
Another example / case of such issue is:
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/scap-security-guide.git/tree/RHEL6/inpu...
(example case when it isn't working is the default configuration
having:
# PermitRootLogin yes
in config. Remote SSH root login is allowed [can be verified by
making a root connection], while the test returns PASS)
rewritten by:
https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/scap-security-guide/2013-Decembe...
(implemented by check for explicit presence of 'PermitRootLogin no'
not preceded by sooner 'PermitRootLogin' yes).
Will move to /shared directory and symlink for RHEL-6 too, as soon
as I gave it more testing on RHEL-6 too (IOW confirmed it returns
proper results for each of the different cases [that's why they
are in Fedora first :)).
Regards, Jan.
--
Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Technologies Team
- Maura Dailey
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