The application server must enforce password complexity by the number of upper case characters used.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35312	SRG-APP-000166-AS-000114	SV-46599r1_rule		Medium

Description
Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Application servers provide either a local user store or they integrate with enterprise user stores like LDAP. When the AS provides the user store and enforces authentication, the AS must enforce the organization's password complexity requirements, which includes the requirement to use a specific number of upper case characters.

Description

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Application servers provide either a local user store or they integrate with enterprise user stores like LDAP. When the AS provides the user store and enforces authentication, the AS must enforce the organization's password complexity requirements, which includes the requirement to use a specific number of upper case characters.

STIG	Date
Application Server Security Requirements Guide	2013-01-08

Details

Check Text ( C-43682r1_chk )
Review AS documentation and configuration to determine if the AS enforces the requirement that users utilize a configurable number of upper case characters when creating or changing their passwords. If the AS is not configured to meet this requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39858r1_fix)
Configure the AS to require users to utilize a specific number of upper case characters when creating or changing their passwords.