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V-255246

CAT III (Low)

SSMC must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a nonadministrative user.

Rule ID

SV-255246r958388_rule

STIG

HPE 3PAR SSMC Operating System Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R1

CCIs

CCI-000044

Discussion

By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.

Check Content

Check if SSMC is configured to limit consecutive invalid logon attempts for ssmcaudit user to three times by executing the following command:

$ sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o session_lock -a status
Session lock is enabled

If the output of this command does not read "Session lock is enabled", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure SSMC to limit consecutive invalid logon attempts for ssmcaudit user to three times by executing the following command:

$sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o session_lock -a enable -f