Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-810 | GEN002640 | SV-45206r1_rule | Medium |
Description |
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Vendor accounts and software may contain backdoors allowing unauthorized access to the system. These backdoors are common knowledge and present a threat to system security if the account is not disabled. |
STIG | Date |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z | 2016-12-20 |
Check Text ( C-42554r1_chk ) |
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Determine if default system accounts (such as those for sys, bin, uucp, nuucp, daemon, smtp) have been disabled. # cat /etc/shadow If an account's password field is "*", "*LK*", or is prefixed with a '!', the account is locked or disabled. If there are any unlocked default system accounts this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-38602r1_fix) |
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Lock the default system account(s). # passwd -l |