Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-88475 | VROM-SL-000400 | SV-99125r1_rule | Medium |
Description |
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Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements. |
STIG | Date |
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VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2018-10-11 |
Check Text ( C-88167r1_chk ) |
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Verify that the old password file, "opasswd", exists, by running the following command: # ls /etc/security/opasswd If "/etc/security/opasswd" file does not exist, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-95217r1_fix) |
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Create the password history file. # touch /etc/security/opasswd # chown root:root /etc/security/opasswd # chmod 0600 /etc/security/opasswd |