The Manager Web app password must be configured as follows: -15 or more characters. -at least one lower case letter. -at least one upper case letter. -at least one number. -at least one special character.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-224785 | ISEC-06-550700 | SV-224785r1013867_rule | CCI-004066 | 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. 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. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000164, SRG-APP-000166, SRG-APP-000169 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| ISEC7 Sphere Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-20 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-224785r1013867_chk)
Verify the Manager Web app password has been configured as follows:
-15 or more characters.
-at least one lower case letter.
-at least one upper case letter.
-at least one number.
-at least one special character.
Log in to the ISEC7 SPHERE server.
Open a Web browser and go to https://localhost/manager/html.
Log in with the custom administrator login and password. Verify password entered meets complexity requirements.
If the Manager Web app password has not been configured as required, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-26464r1013866_fix)
To set a strong password on the Manager Web app, run the ISEC7 integrated installer or use the following manual procedure:
Log in to the ISEC7 SPHERE server.
Browse to <Drive>:\Program Files\ISEC7 SPHERE\Tomcat\conf and open Tomcat-Users.xml.
Open the Command Prompt and CD to <Drive>:\Program Files\ISEC7 SPHERE\Tomcat\bin.
Execute the following using sha command:
digest –a sha password*
*Where password is the 15 character password designated for the account.
Copy the output, which is the hashed digest password.
In Tomcat-Users.xml, add in the password for the user with the obfuscated output at <user password="**", where ** is the obfuscated password.
example: <user password="310c55aa3d5b42217e7f0e80ce30467d$100000$529cceb1fbc80f4f461fc1bd56219d79d9c94d4a8fc46abad0646f27e753ff9e" roles="manager-gui,manager-script" username="admin"/>
Save the file.
Open <Drive>:\Program Files\ISEC7 SPHERE\Tomcat\conf\server.xml with Notepad.exe.
Enter: <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm"
resourceName="UserDatabase" digest=”sha”/>
Save the file.
Restart the ISEC7 SPHERE Web service using the services.msc.
Note: the password must meet the following complexity requirements:
-15 or more characters.
-at least one lower case letter.
-at least one upper case letter.
-at least one number.
-at least one special character.