The SLES for vRealize must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239645	VROM-SL-001480	SV-239645r662386_rule		Medium

Description
If SLES for vRealize allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, then this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses and brute-force attacks.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-07-01

Details

Check Text ( C-42878r662384_chk )
Verify the module "pam_cracklib.so" is present. Procedure: # ls /lib/security/ Confirm that "pam_cracklib.so" is present in the directory listing. If "pam_cracklib.so" is not present, this is a finding. Verify the file "/etc/pam.d/common-password" is configured. Procedure: # grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password* If a line containing "password required pam_cracklib.so" is not present, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-42878r662384_chk )

Verify the module "pam_cracklib.so" is present.

Procedure:

# ls /lib/security/

Confirm that "pam_cracklib.so" is present in the directory listing.

If "pam_cracklib.so" is not present, this is a finding.

Verify the file "/etc/pam.d/common-password" is configured.

Procedure:

# grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password*

If a line containing "password required pam_cracklib.so" is not present, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42837r662385_fix)
Configure SLES for vRealize to prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords. Edit the file "/etc/pam.d/common-password". Configure "common-password" by adding a line such as: password required pam_cracklib.so Save the changes made to the file "/etc/pam.d/common-password".