Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-22307 | GEN000790 | SV-26345r1_rule | IAIA-1 IAIA-2 | Medium |
Description |
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An easily guessable password provides an open door to any external or internal malicious intruder. Many computer compromises occur as the result of account name and password guessing. This is generally done by someone with an automated script using repeated logon attempts until the correct account and password pair is guessed. Utilities, such as cracklib, can be used to validate passwords are not dictionary words and meet other criteria during password changes. |
STIG | Date |
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SOLARIS 10 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE | 2016-06-22 |
Check Text ( C-27451r2_chk ) |
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Check /etc/default/passwd for dictionary check configuration. # grep DICTION /etc/default/passwd If the DICTIONLIST or DICTIONDBDIR settings are not present, or are set to non-existent files or directories, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-23521r1_fix) |
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Edit /etc/default/passwd; add or set DICTIONLIST to the dictionary file and DICTIONDBDIR to a database directory such as /var/passwd. Generate the password dictionary by running the mkpwdict command. |