The system must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-48053	SOL-11.1-040190	SV-60925r1_rule		Medium

Description
The use of common words in passwords simplifies password-cracking attacks.

STIG	Date
Solaris 11 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-04-03

Details

Check Text ( C-50485r1_chk )
Check /etc/default/passwd for dictionary check configuration. # grep ^DICTION /etc/default/passwd If the DICTIONLIST or DICTIONDBDIR settings are not present and are not set to: DICTIONLIST=/usr/share/lib/dict/words DICTIONDBDIR=/var/passwd this is a finding. Determine if the target files exist. # ls -l /usr/share/lib/dict/words /var/passwd If the files defined by DICTIONLIST or DICTIONBDIR are not present or are empty, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-50485r1_chk )

Check /etc/default/passwd for dictionary check configuration.

# grep ^DICTION /etc/default/passwd

If the DICTIONLIST or DICTIONDBDIR settings are not present and are not set to:

DICTIONLIST=/usr/share/lib/dict/words
DICTIONDBDIR=/var/passwd

this is a finding.

Determine if the target files exist.

# ls -l /usr/share/lib/dict/words /var/passwd

If the files defined by DICTIONLIST or DICTIONBDIR are not present or are empty, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-51661r1_fix)
The root role is required. # pfedit /etc/default/passwd Insert the lines: DICTIONLIST=/usr/share/lib/dict/words DICTIONDBDIR=/var/passwd Generate the password dictionary by running the mkpwdict command. # mkpwdict -s /usr/share/lib/dict/words