The /etc/passwd file must not contain password hashes.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22347	GEN001470	SV-35261r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
If password hashes are readable by non-administrators, the passwords are subject to attack through lookup tables or cryptographic weaknesses in the hashes.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-05-25

Details

Check Text ( C-35097r1_chk )
Verify no password hashes are present in /etc/passwd. # cat /etc/passwd | cut -f 2,2 -d ":" The above command should not return anything other than a "*" character. If any password hashes are returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-30366r1_fix)
Migrate /etc/passwd password hashes via the Trusted Computing mode, i.e., a location subordinate to the /tcb directory. # tsconvert Or use SAM for conversion to Trusted Mode, i.e., # sam Then Auditing and Security -> Actions -> Convert the System