Rule ID
SV-224785r1013867_rule
Version
V3R1
CCIs
The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000164, SRG-APP-000166, SRG-APP-000169
Verify the Manager Web app password has been configured as follows: -15 or more characters. -at least one lower case letter. -at least one upper case letter. -at least one number. -at least one special character. Log in to the ISEC7 SPHERE server. Open a Web browser and go to https://localhost/manager/html. Log in with the custom administrator login and password. Verify password entered meets complexity requirements. If the Manager Web app password has not been configured as required, this is a finding.
To set a strong password on the Manager Web app, run the ISEC7 integrated installer or use the following manual procedure: Log in to the ISEC7 SPHERE server. Browse to <Drive>:\Program Files\ISEC7 SPHERE\Tomcat\conf and open Tomcat-Users.xml. Open the Command Prompt and CD to <Drive>:\Program Files\ISEC7 SPHERE\Tomcat\bin. Execute the following using sha command: digest –a sha password* *Where password is the 15 character password designated for the account. Copy the output, which is the hashed digest password. In Tomcat-Users.xml, add in the password for the user with the obfuscated output at <user password="**", where ** is the obfuscated password. example: <user password="310c55aa3d5b42217e7f0e80ce30467d$100000$529cceb1fbc80f4f461fc1bd56219d79d9c94d4a8fc46abad0646f27e753ff9e" roles="manager-gui,manager-script" username="admin"/> Save the file. Open <Drive>:\Program Files\ISEC7 SPHERE\Tomcat\conf\server.xml with Notepad.exe. Enter: <Realm className="org.apache.catalina.realm.UserDatabaseRealm" resourceName="UserDatabase" digest=”sha”/> Save the file. Restart the ISEC7 SPHERE Web service using the services.msc. Note: the password must meet the following complexity requirements: -15 or more characters. -at least one lower case letter. -at least one upper case letter. -at least one number. -at least one special character.