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The HPE 3PAR OS must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-255280HP3P-33-001505SV-255280r1015726_ruleCCI-004066medium
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. The HPE 3PAR OS can be configured to have 15 characters (or more) for minimum password length. This setting affects local user accounts only, and only has an impact when a password is changed. Password length for externally managed users is enforced by the external identity management system (LDAP/AD). This is a dependency on HP3P-33-001500/HP3P-33-101500. The HPE 3PAR OS does not supply an interface for modification of passwords maintained by external identity management systems.
STIGDate
HPE 3PAR StoreServ 3.3.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-08-27

Related Frameworks

2 mappings across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-10Authenticator Management
0.50
IAC-10.1Password-Based Authentication
0.50
IAC-10.4Automated Support For Password Strength
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (62) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (4) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.5.10
1.00
3.5.7
1.00
3.5.8
1.00
3.5.9
1.00
CCI2 mappings
CCI-000205
1.00
CCI-004066
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-255280r1015726_chk)

Verify that the minimum password length is 15 characters: cli% showsys -d Verify that the line containing the string "Minimum PW length" shows "15" for the length. If it is not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-58897r870158_fix)

Configure the minimum password length for a value of "15": cli% setpassword -minlen 15 Note: The user must have super-admin privileges to perform this action.