The system must require passwords contain a minimum of 15 characters.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-11947	GEN000580	SV-27110r2_rule	IAIA-1 IAIA-2	Medium

Description
The use of longer passwords reduces the ability of attackers to successfully obtain valid passwords using guessing or exhaustive search techniques by increasing the password search space.

STIG	Date
SOLARIS 9 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE	2015-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-28026r2_chk )
Check the system password length setting. # grep PASSLENGTH /etc/default/passwd If PASSLENGTH is not set to 15 or more, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-24373r2_fix)
Edit /etc/default/passwd and set the PASSLENGTH variable to 15 or greater.