The SLES for vRealize must use mechanisms meeting the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance for authentication to a cryptographic module.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-240462	VRAU-SL-000730	SV-240462r671127_rule		Medium

Description
Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised. Operating systems utilizing encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-2 is the current standard for validating that mechanisms used to access cryptographic modules utilize authentication that meets DoD requirements. This allows for Security Levels 1, 2, 3, or 4 for use on a general purpose computing system.

Description

Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be relied upon to provide confidentiality or integrity, and DoD data may be compromised. Operating systems utilizing encryption are required to use FIPS-compliant mechanisms for authenticating to cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-2 is the current standard for validating that mechanisms used to access cryptographic modules utilize authentication that meets DoD requirements. This allows for Security Levels 1, 2, 3, or 4 for use on a general purpose computing system.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-09-22

Details

Check Text ( C-43695r671125_chk )
Check the /etc/default/passwd file: # grep CRYPT /etc/default/passwd If the "CRYPT" setting in /etc/default/passwd is not present, or not set to "SHA256" or "SHA512", this is a finding. If the "CRYPT_FILES" setting in /etc/default/passwd is not present, or not set to "SHA256" or "SHA512", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43654r671126_fix)
Edit the /etc/default/passwd file and add or change the "CRYPT" variable setting so that it contains: CRYPT=sha256 OR CRYPT=sha512 Edit the /etc/default/passwd file and add or change the "CRYPT_FILES" variable setting so that it contains: CRYPT_FILES=sha256 OR CRYPT_FILES=sha512