User passwords must be at least 15 characters in length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-216089 | SOL-11.1-040040 | SV-216089r1016285_rule | CCI-004066 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting 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 is, 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 | |||
| Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-05 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-216089r1016285_chk)
Check the system password length setting.
# grep ^PASSLENGTH /etc/default/passwd
If PASSLENGTH is not set to 15 or more, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-17325r986428_fix)
The root role is required.
# pfedit /etc/default/passwd
Locate the line containing:
PASSLENGTH
Change the line to read:
PASSLENGTH=15