The application server must enforce the number of characters that get changed when passwords are changed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35316	SRG-APP-000170-AS-000118	SV-46603r1_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 enforce the number of characters that get changed when passwords are changed.

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 enforce the number of characters that get changed when passwords are changed.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-43686r1_chk )
Review AS documentation and configuration to determine if the AS enforces the requirement to enforce the number of characters that get changed when passwords are changed. If the AS is not configured to meet this requirement, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39862r1_fix)
Configure the AS to enforce the number of characters that get changed when passwords are changed.