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V-216100

CAT II (Medium)

The delay between login prompts following a failed login attempt must be at least 4 seconds.

Rule ID

SV-216100r959010_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

As an immediate return of an error message, coupled with the capability to try again, may facilitate automatic and rapid-fire brute-force password attacks by a malicious user.

Check Content

Check the SLEEPTIME parameter in the /etc/default/login file.

# grep ^SLEEPTIME /etc/default/login

If the output is not SLEEPTIME=4 or more, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The root role is required.

# pfedit the /etc/default/login 

Locate the line containing:

SLEEPTIME

Change the line to read:

SLEEPTIME=4