User passwords must be changed at least every 60 days.

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User passwords must be changed at least every 60 days.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11976	GEN000700	SV-39845r3_rule	IAIA-1 IAIA-2	Medium

Description
Limiting the lifespan of authenticators limits the period of time an unauthorized user has access to the system while using compromised credentials and reduces the period of time available for password-guessing attacks to run against a single password.

STIG	Date
Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-07-09

Details

Check Text ( C-38769r2_chk )
Check the max days field (the 5th field) of /etc/shadow. # awk -F: '{print $1 ":" $5;}' /etc/shadow If the max days field is equal to 0 or greater than 60 for any account that is not password-locked, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-33984r2_fix)
Set the max days field to 60 for all user accounts. # passwd -x 60 Set the MAXWEEKS parameter in /etc/default/passwd to a positive, non-zero value of 8 or less.