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SLEM 5 must enforce passwords that contain at least one lowercase character.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-261378SLEM-05-611015SV-261378r996568_ruleCCI-000193medium
Description
Use of a complex password helps increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
STIGDate
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-02-10

Related Frameworks

1 mapping 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 (48) 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
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000193
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-261378r996568_chk)

Verify SLEM 5 enforces password complexity by requiring at least one lower character with the following command: > grep pam_cracklib.so /etc/pam.d/common-password password requisite pam_cracklib.so lcredit=-1 If the value for "lcredit" is not "-1", if "lcredit" is missing from the line, the second column value different from "requisite", the line is commented out, or the line is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-65015r996000_fix)

Configure SLEM 5 to enforce password complexity by requiring at least one lowercase character. Edit "/etc/pam.d/common-password" and edit the line containing "pam_cracklib.so" to contain the option "lcredit=-1" after the third column.