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V-240396

CAT II (Medium)

The SLES for vRealize must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

Rule ID

SV-240396r670929_rule

STIG

VMware vRealize Automation 7.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R2

CCIs

CCI-000194

Discussion

Use of a complex password helps to 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.

Check Content

Check that the SLES for vRealize enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used by running the following command:

# grep dcredit /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local

If "dcredit" is not set to "-1" or is not set at all, this is a finding.

Expected Result:
password requisite pam_cracklib.so dcredit=-1 ucredit=-1 lcredit=-1 ocredit=-1 minlen=14 difok=4 retry=3

Fix Text

If "dcredit" was not set at all in /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local, run the following command:

# sed -i '/pam_cracklib.so/ s/$/ dcredit=-1/' /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local

If "dcredit" was set incorrectly, run the following command:

# sed -i '/pam_cracklib.so/ s/dcredit=../dcredit=-1/' /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local