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Check for Presence of User .rhosts Files

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13.10 Check for Presence of User .rhosts Files (Scored)

Profile Applicability

  • Level 1

Description

While no .rhosts files are shipped by default, users can easily create them.

Rationale

This action is only meaningful if .rhosts support is permitted in the file /etc/pam.conf. Even though the .rhosts files are ineffective if support is disabled in /etc/pam.conf, they may have been brought over from other systems and could contain information useful to an attacker for those other systems.

Audit Procedure

Using Command Line

#!/bin/bash
for dir in `/bin/cat /etc/passwd | /bin/egrep -v '(root|halt|sync|shutdown)' |\
    /usr/bin/awk -F: '($7 != "/usr/sbin/nologin") { print $6 }'`; do
for file in $dir/.rhosts; do
        if [ ! -h "$file" -a -f "$file" ]; then
echo ".rhosts file in $dir"         fi      done
done

Expected Result

No output should be returned. Any output indicates the presence of .rhosts files in user home directories.

Remediation

Using Command Line

If any users have .rhosts files determine why they have them.

Default Value

No .rhosts files exist by default on Ubuntu 12.04.

References

  • CIS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server Benchmark v1.1.0

Profile

Level 1 - Scored