The network device must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-246852	HYCU-IA-000004	SV-246852r768220_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. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252, SRG-APP-000343-NDM-000289

Description

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252, SRG-APP-000343-NDM-000289

STIG	Date
HYCU for Nutanix Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-08-03

Details

Check Text ( C-50284r768218_chk )
Check for the value of the "minlen" option in "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" with the following command. grep minlen /etc/security/pwquality.conf If the minlen value is not set to "15", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-50238r768219_fix)
Configure the operating system to enforce a minimum class setting. Add the following line to "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" (or modify the line to have the required value). minlen = 15