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The SUSE operating system must enforce passwords that contain at least one lower-case character.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-217118SLES-12-010160SV-217118r1015207_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 Server 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-05-14

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-000193
1.00
CCI-004066
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-217118r1015207_chk)

Verify the SUSE operating system enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character. Check that the operating system enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used by using the following command: # grep pam_cracklib.so /etc/pam.d/common-password password requisite pam_cracklib.so lcredit=-1 If the command does not return anything, the returned line is commented out, or has a second column value different from "requisite", or does not contain "lcredit=-1", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-18344r369511_fix)

Configure the SUSE operating system to enforce password complexity by requiring at least one lower-case 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.