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


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22347 GEN001470 SV-38323r1_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 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-10-17

Details

Check Text ( None )
None
Fix Text (F-31694r1_fix)
Migrate /etc/passwd password hashes via the Trusted Computing mode, i.e., a location subordinate to the /tcb directory.
# tsconvert

Or use SMH (the replacement for SAM).