The HPE Nimble must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-252191	HPEN-NM-000060	SV-252191r814053_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 is, 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 is, 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
HPE Nimble Storage Array Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-03-16

Details

Check Text ( C-55647r814051_chk )
Type "userpolicy --info" and review output for line: "Minimum Uppercase characters". If it is 1 or more, this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-55597r814052_fix)
Set minimum number of uppercase characters to 1 by typing "userpolicy --edit --upper 1".