Oracle WebLogic must enforce password complexity by the number of special characters used.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-56289	WBLC-05-000165	SV-70543r1_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. Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Application servers either provide a local user store, or they integrate with enterprise user stores like LDAP. When the application server provides the user store and enforces authentication, the application server must enforce the organization's password complexity requirements that include the requirement to use a specific number of special characters.

Description

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Application servers either provide a local user store, or they integrate with enterprise user stores like LDAP. When the application server provides the user store and enforces authentication, the application server must enforce the organization's password complexity requirements that include the requirement to use a specific number of special characters.

STIG	Date
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-07-01

Details

Check Text ( C-56841r4_chk )
1. Access AC 2. From 'Domain Structure', select 'Security Realms' 3. Select realm to configure (default is 'myrealm') 4. Select 'Providers' tab -> 'Password Validation' subtab 5. Select 'SystemPasswordValidator' 6. Select 'Configuration' tab -> 'Provider Specific' subtab 7. Ensure 'Minimum Number of Non-Alphanumeric Characters' field value is set to '1' or higher If the 'Minimum Number of Non-Alphanumeric Characters' field value is not set to '1' or higher, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-56841r4_chk )

1. Access AC
2. From 'Domain Structure', select 'Security Realms'
3. Select realm to configure (default is 'myrealm')
4. Select 'Providers' tab -> 'Password Validation' subtab
5. Select 'SystemPasswordValidator'
6. Select 'Configuration' tab -> 'Provider Specific' subtab
7. Ensure 'Minimum Number of Non-Alphanumeric Characters' field value is set to '1' or higher

If the 'Minimum Number of Non-Alphanumeric Characters' field value is not set to '1' or higher, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-61169r3_fix)
1. Access AC 2. From 'Domain Structure', select 'Security Realms' 3. Select realm to configure (default is 'myrealm') 4. Select 'Providers' tab -> 'Password Validation' subtab 5. Select 'SystemPasswordValidator' 6. Select 'Configuration' tab -> 'Provider Specific' subtab 7. Utilize 'Change Center' to create a new change session 8. Set 'Minimum Number of Non-Alphanumeric Characters' field value to '1' or higher. Click 'Save'

Fix Text (F-61169r3_fix)

1. Access AC
2. From 'Domain Structure', select 'Security Realms'
3. Select realm to configure (default is 'myrealm')
4. Select 'Providers' tab -> 'Password Validation' subtab
5. Select 'SystemPasswordValidator'
6. Select 'Configuration' tab -> 'Provider Specific' subtab
7. Utilize 'Change Center' to create a new change session
8. Set 'Minimum Number of Non-Alphanumeric Characters' field value to '1' or higher. Click 'Save'