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CA VM:Secure product PASSWORD user exit must be coded with the PWLIST option properly set.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-237913 IBMZ-VM-000510 SV-237913r858963_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. If the information system or application 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
IBM zVM Using CA VM:Secure Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-08-31

Details

Check Text ( C-41123r858961_chk )
If there is no CA VM:Secure Product PASSWORD user exit in use, this is a finding.

Examine the CA VM:Secure product PASSWORD user exit for requirement that uses a "PWLIST" option that prohibits password reuse for five generations.

If this code is missing, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-41082r858962_fix)
Engineer code in the CA VM:Secure Product PASSWORD user exit that uses a "PWLIST" that prohibits password reuse for five generations.