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SLEM 5 must require the change of at least eight of the total number of characters when passwords are changed.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-261383SLEM-05-611040SV-261383r996580_ruleCCI-000195medium
Description
If SLEM 5 allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the window of opportunity for attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.
STIGDate
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro (SLEM) 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-05-08

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 (51) 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-000195
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-261383r996580_chk)

Verify SLEM 5 requires at least eight characters be changed between the old and new passwords during a password change with the following command: > grep pam_cracklib.so /etc/pam.d/common-password password requisite pam_cracklib.so difok=8 If the value for "difok" is not "8" or greater, if "difok" 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-65020r996579_fix)

Configure SLEM 5 to require at least eight characters be changed between the old and new passwords during a password change with the following command: Edit "/etc/pam.d/common-password" and edit the line containing "pam_cracklib.so" to contain the option "difok=8" after the third column.