The FortiGate device must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-234204	FGFW-ND-000225	SV-234204r628777_rule		Medium

Description
Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using PKI is not available, and for the account of last resort and root account.

Description

Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using PKI is not available, and for the account of last resort and root account.

STIG	Date
Fortinet FortiGate Firewall NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-01-29

Details

Check Text ( C-37389r611799_chk )
Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Click System. 2. Click Settings. 3. Navigate to Password Policy. 4. Verify Password scope is enabled for Admin and Character requirements is toggled to right. 5. Verify the Uppercase value is set to 1. If the Uppercase parameter is not set to 1, this is a finding. or Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI. 2. Run the following command: # show full-configuration system password-policy \| grep -i upper-case # set min-upper-case-letter 1 If the min-upper-case-letter parameter is not set to 1, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-37389r611799_chk )

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege.

1. Click System.
2. Click Settings.
3. Navigate to Password Policy.
4. Verify Password scope is enabled for Admin and Character requirements is toggled to right.
5. Verify the Uppercase value is set to 1.

If the Uppercase parameter is not set to 1, this is a finding.

or

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege.

1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI.
2. Run the following command:
# show full-configuration system password-policy | grep -i upper-case
# set min-upper-case-letter 1

If the min-upper-case-letter parameter is not set to 1, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-37354r611800_fix)
Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Click System. 2. Click Settings. 3. Navigate to Password Policy. 4. On the Password scope option, click Admin. 5. Toggle Character requirements to right. 6. Enter the Uppercase value of 1. or Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege. 1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI. 2. Run the following command: # config system password-policy # set min-upper-case-letter 1 # end

Fix Text (F-37354r611800_fix)

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege.

1. Click System.
2. Click Settings.
3. Navigate to Password Policy.
4. On the Password scope option, click Admin.
5. Toggle Character requirements to right.
6. Enter the Uppercase value of 1.

or

Log in to the FortiGate GUI with Super-Admin privilege.

1. Open a CLI console, via SSH or available from the GUI.
2. Run the following command:
# config system password-policy
# set min-upper-case-letter 1
# end