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AIX must use Loadable Password Algorithm (LPA) password hashing algorithm.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215225AIX7-00-001128SV-215225r1009541_ruleCCI-004066high
Description
The default legacy password hashing algorithm, crypt(), uses only the first 8 characters from the password string, meaning the user's password is truncated to eight characters. If the password is shorter than 8 characters, it is padded with zero bits on the right. The crypt() is a modified DES algorithm that is vulnerable to brute force password guessing attacks and also to cracking the DES-hashing algorithm by using techniques such as pre-computation. With the Loadable Password Algorithm (LPA) framework release, AIX implemented a set of LPAs using MD5, SHA2, and Blowfish algorithms. These IBM proprietary password algorithms support a password longer than 8 characters and Unicode characters in passwords.
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-08-16

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-215225r1009541_chk)

From the command prompt, run the following command to check system wide password algorithm: # lssec -f /etc/security/login.cfg -s usw -a pwd_algorithm usw pwd_algorithm=ssha512 If the "pwd_algorithm" is not set to "ssha512", or "ssha256", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16421r294127_fix)

From the command prompt, run the following command to set system wide password algorithm to "ssha512" so that it supports passwords longer than 8-character: # chsec -f /etc/security/login.cfg -s usw -a pwd_algorithm=ssha512 For each users who have hashed passwords in "/etc/security/passwd" file that does not start with "{ssha512}", run passwd commands to reset the users' passwords so that they have to change their passwords in the next login: # passwd [user_name]