The HP FlexFabric Switch must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-66205	HFFS-ND-000054	SV-80695r1_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 HP FlexFabric Switch 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.

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 HP FlexFabric Switch 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.

STIG	Date
HP FlexFabric Switch NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-06-03

Details

Check Text ( C-66851r1_chk )
Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch prohibits password reuse for a minimum of five generations. [HP] display password-control Global password control configurations: Password control: Enabled Password aging: Enabled (90 days) Password length: Enabled (10 characters) Password composition: Enabled (1 types, 1 characters per type) Password history: Enabled (max history records: 4) If the HP FlexFabric Switch or its associated authentication server does not prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-66851r1_chk )

Determine if the HP FlexFabric Switch prohibits password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

[HP] display password-control

Global password control configurations:
Password control: Enabled
Password aging: Enabled (90 days)
Password length: Enabled (10 characters)
Password composition: Enabled (1 types, 1 characters per type)
Password history: Enabled (max history records: 4)

If the HP FlexFabric Switch or its associated authentication server does not prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-72281r1_fix)
Configure the HP FlexFabric Switch server to prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations. [HP] password-control enable [HP] password-control history 5