AIX must require passwords to contain no more than three consecutive repeating characters.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215232	AIX7-00-001136	SV-215232r508663_rule		Medium

Description
Passwords with excessive repeating characters may be more vulnerable to password-guessing attacks.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-10

Details

Check Text ( C-16430r294147_chk )
Check system default for "maxrepeats" attribute: # lssec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a maxrepeats default maxrepeats=3 If the default "maxrepeats" is greater than "3", or its value is not set, or its value is set to "0", this is a finding. Check the "maxrepeats" setting for all users using: # lsuser -a maxrepeats ALL The above command should yield the following output: root maxrepeats=3 daemon maxrepeats=3 bin maxrepeats=3 sys maxrepeats=3 If the "maxrepeats" setting for any user is greater than "3", or its value is set to "0", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-16430r294147_chk )

Check system default for "maxrepeats" attribute:
# lssec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a maxrepeats
default maxrepeats=3

If the default "maxrepeats" is greater than "3", or its value is not set, or its value is set to "0", this is a finding.

Check the "maxrepeats" setting for all users using:
# lsuser -a maxrepeats ALL

The above command should yield the following output:
root maxrepeats=3
daemon maxrepeats=3
bin maxrepeats=3
sys maxrepeats=3

If the "maxrepeats" setting for any user is greater than "3", or its value is set to "0", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16428r294148_fix)
Use the "chsec" command to set "maxrepeats" to "3" for the default stanza: # chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a maxrepeats=3 Use the "chsec" command to set "maxrepeats" to "3" for all the users who have "maxrepeats" values that are greater than "3", or its value is set to "0": # chuser maxrepeats=3 [user_name]