New passwords should be required to differ from old passwords by more than four characters.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-3815	DG0071-ORACLE11	SV-24387r1_rule	IAIA-1 IAIA-2	Medium

Description
Changing passwords frequently can thwart password-guessing attempts or re-establish protection of a compromised DBMS account. Minor changes to passwords may not accomplish this as password guessing may be able to continue to build on previous guesses or the new password may be easily guessed using the old password.

STIG	Date
Oracle 11 Database Instance STIG	2014-01-14

Details

Check Text ( None )
None

Fix Text (F-25981r1_fix)
Define and apply a password_verify_function for all profiles where passwords are used to authenticate accounts. See Fix information for DG0079 to create a password_verify_function that meets STIG requirements.