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V-256502

CAT II (Medium)

The Photon operating system must store only encrypted representations of passwords.

Rule ID

SV-256502r982199_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R4

CCIs

CCI-000196

Discussion

Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised.

Check Content

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep SHA512 /etc/login.defs|grep -v "#"

Expected result:

ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512

If there is no output or if the output does match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/etc/login.defs

Add or replace the ENCRYPT_METHOD line as follows:

ENCRYPT_METHOD SHA512