STIG ID: SLES-15-040030 | SRG: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227 | Severity: high | CCI: | Vulnerability Id: V-234985
The shosts.equiv files are used to configure host-based authentication for the system via SSH. Host-based authentication is not sufficient for preventing unauthorized access to the system, as it does not require interactive identification and authentication of a connection request, or for the use of two-factor authentication.
Remove any "shosts.equiv" files found on the SUSE operating system.
> sudo rm /[path]/[to]/[file]/shosts.equiv
Verify there are no "shosts.equiv" files on the SUSE operating system.
Check the system for the existence of these files with the following command:
> sudo find /etc -name shosts.equiv
If any "shosts.equiv" files are found on the system, this is a finding.