The Arista network device must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-255954	ARST-ND-000380	SV-255954r882204_rule		Medium

Description

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. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.

STIG	Date
Arista MLS EOS 4.2x NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-01-11

Details

Check Text ( C-59630r882202_chk )
Review the Arista device configuration "show management security" to determine the minimum 15-character password length. switch#show run | section management security management security password minimum length 15 ! If the Arista network device does not enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-59573r882203_fix)
Configure the Arista device to enforce a minimum password 15-character length. switch#configure switch(config)#management security switch(config-mgmt-security)#password minimum length 15 switch(config-mgmt-security)#exit switch(config)# !