User passwords must be changed at least every 60 days.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11976	GEN000700	SV-38247r1_rule	IAIA-1 IAIA-2	Medium

Description
Limiting the lifespan of authenticators limits the period of time an unauthorized user has access to the system while using compromised credentials and reduces the period of time available for password guessing attacks to run against a single password.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-03-28

Details

Check Text ( C-36288r1_chk )
Check the exptm field for each user. # getprpw -r -m exptm OR check for all accounts. # logins -o -x | awk -F: '{print $1" "$11}' If exptm is equal to 0 or greater than 60 for any user, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31545r1_fix)
Set the maximum days field to 60 for all user accounts. # passwd -x Where: N (typically N=56) is <60 but is rounded up to 60.