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The system must require passwords contain at least one lowercase alphabetic character.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22305 GEN000610 SV-64065r1_rule Medium
Description
To enforce the use of complex passwords, minimum numbers of characters of different classes are mandated. The use of complex passwords reduces the ability of attackers to successfully obtain valid passwords using guessing or exhaustive search techniques. Complexity requirements increase the password search space by requiring users to construct passwords from a larger character set than they may otherwise use.
STIG Date
Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-02-25

Details

Check Text ( C-52475r1_chk )
Check /etc/pam.d/system-auth for lcredit setting.

Procedure:
Check the password lcredit option
# grep pam_cracklib.so /etc/pam.d/system-auth

Confirm the lcredit option is set to -1 as in the example:

password required pam_cracklib.so lcredit=-1

There may be other options on the line. If no such line is found, or the lcredit is not -1 this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-54593r1_fix)
Edit "/etc/pam.d/system-auth" to include the line:

password required pam_cracklib.so lcredit=-1

prior to the "password include system-auth-ac" line.