VA Scan tool reports weak Ciphers even though they have been turned off in SpanVA settings
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VA Scan tool reports weak Ciphers even though they have been turned off in SpanVA settings

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Article ID: 381901

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Products

CASB Audit CASB Gateway CASB Gateway Advanced CASB Security Advanced CASB Security Premium CASB Security Standard CASB Securlet SAAS

Issue/Introduction

Client VA Scan tool may report weak ciphers even though they have been turned off in SpanVA / Settings: / Ciphers configuration section:

(example of weak Ciphers disabled in SpanVA Settings below)

 

Cause

Oracle Linux/CentOS/RHEL 8 - all introduced a new feature called system wide crypto-policy 

By default, this global policy overrides the sshd_config file configuration/algorithms 

Resolution

Fixed on SpanVA version 3.166.0 and newer

The fix disables global crypto-policy for sshd.service.