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The SLES for vRealize must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V-88477 | VROM-SL-000405 | SV-99127r1_rule | Medium |
| Description |
|---|
| The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. |
| STIG | Date |
|---|---|
| VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2018-10-11 |
Details
| Check Text ( C-88169r1_chk ) |
|---|
| Verify that SLES for vRealize enforces a minimum 15-character password length, by running the following command: # grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local # grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password If the result does not contain "minlen=15" or higher, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-95219r1_fix) |
|---|
| If "minlen" was not set at all in "/etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local" file then run the following command: # sed -i '/pam_cracklib.so/ s/$/ minlen=15/' /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local If "minlen" was set incorrectly, run the following command to set it to "15": # sed -i '/pam_cracklib.so/ s/minlen=../minlen=15/' /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local |