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RHEL 9 must ensure account lockouts persist.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-258060 RHEL-09-411105 SV-258060r958388_rule Medium
Description
Having lockouts persist across reboots ensures that account is only unlocked by an administrator. If the lockouts did not persist across reboots, an attacker could simply reboot the system to continue brute force attacks against the accounts on the system.
STIG Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-06-04

Details

Check Text ( C-61801r926165_chk )
Verify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file is configured use a nondefault faillock directory to ensure contents persist after reboot with the following command:

$ grep 'dir =' /etc/security/faillock.conf

dir = /var/log/faillock

If the "dir" option is not set to a nondefault documented tally log directory, is missing or commented out, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-61725r926166_fix)
Configure RHEL 9 maintain the contents of the faillock directory after a reboot.

Add/modify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file to match the following line:

dir = /var/log/faillock