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V-216338

CAT II (Medium)

The system must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

Rule ID

SV-216338r959010_rule

STIG

Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R5

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

The use of common words in passwords simplifies password-cracking attacks.

Check Content

Check /etc/default/passwd for dictionary check configuration.

# grep ^DICTION /etc/default/passwd

If the DICTIONLIST or DICTIONDBDIR settings are not present and are not set to:

DICTIONLIST=/usr/share/lib/dict/words
DICTIONDBDIR=/var/passwd

this is a finding.

Determine if the target files exist.

# ls -l /usr/share/lib/dict/words /var/passwd

If the files defined by DICTIONLIST or DICTIONBDIR are not present or are empty, this is a finding.

Fix Text

The root role is required.

# pfedit /etc/default/passwd

Insert the lines:

DICTIONLIST=/usr/share/lib/dict/words
DICTIONDBDIR=/var/passwd

Generate the password dictionary by running the mkpwdict command.

# mkpwdict -s /usr/share/lib/dict/words