Insecure service configuration - Host verification
Description
The system does not properly restrict incoming connections from unknown external hosts.
Impact
Establish connections with untrusted machines.
Recommendation
Validate that incoming connections come from trusted hosts already defined in the known_hosts file.
Threat
Authenticated attacker from the Internet.
Expected Remediation Time
⌚ minutes.
Score
Default score using CVSS 3.1. It may change depending on the context of the src.
Base
- Attack vector: N
- Attack complexity: L
- Privileges required: L
- User interaction: N
- Scope: U
- Confidentiality: L
- Integrity: L
- Availability: N
Temporal
- Exploit code madurity: P
- Remediation level: O
- Report confidence: C
Result
- Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- Score:
- Base: 5.4
- Temporal: 4.9
- Severity:
- Base: Medium
- Temporal: Medium
Requirements
Fixes
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