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V-240545

CAT II (Medium)

The SLES for vRealize must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

Rule ID

SV-240545r671376_rule

STIG

VMware vRealize Automation 7.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R2

CCIs

CCI-000366

Discussion

If the operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses and brute-force attacks.

Check Content

Verify the module "pam_cracklib.so" is present.

# ls /lib/security/ 

Confirm that "pam_cracklib.so" is present in the directory listing. 

If "pam_cracklib.so" is not present, this is a finding.

Verify the file "/etc/pam.d/common-password" is configured.

# grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password*

If a line containing "password required pam_cracklib.so"  is not present, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the SLES for vRealize to prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords. Edit the file "/etc/pam.d/common-password". Configure "common-password" by adding a line such as: 

password  required pam_cracklib.so

Save the changes made to the file "/etc/pam.d/common-password".