The DBMS must support organizational requirements to prohibit password reuse for the organization defined number of generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-32462	SRG-APP-000165-DB-000081	SV-42799r1_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. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy based intervals. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements. Password reuse restrictions protect against bypass of password expiration requirements and help protect accounts from password guessing attempts.

Description

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy based intervals. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements. Password reuse restrictions protect against bypass of password expiration requirements and help protect accounts from password guessing attempts.

STIG	Date
Database Security Requirements Guide	2012-07-02

Details

Check Text ( C-40899r1_chk )
Check DBMS settings to determine if password reuse is disallowed for the organization defined number of generations. If not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-36376r1_fix)
Modify DBMS settings to disallow password reuse for an organization defined number of generations.