STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

AIX must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

DISA Rule

SV-215229r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215229

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225

Rule Version

AIX7-00-001132

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

From the command prompt, run the following command to set "dictionlist" attribute for the default stanza in "/etc/security/user":
# chsec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a dictionlist="/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English"

From the command prompt, run the following command to set "dictionlist" attribute for users who have an empty "dictionlist" attribute:
# chsec -f /etc/security/user -s [user_name] -a dictionlist="/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English"

Check Contents

From the command prompt, run the following command to check if the default "dictionlist" attribute is set:
# lssec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a dictionlist

The above command should yield the following output:
dictionlist="/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English"

If the above command shows an empty string for default "dictionlist" attribute, this is a finding.

From the command prompt, run the following command to check if "dictionlist" attribute is set for all users:
# lsuser -a dictionlist ALL

The above command should yield the following output:
root dictionlist=/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English
daemon dictionlist=/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English
bin dictionlist=/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English
sys dictionlist=/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English

If any user's "dictionlist" attribute is empty, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215229

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-001132

Severity Override Guidance

From the command prompt, run the following command to check if the default "dictionlist" attribute is set:
# lssec -f /etc/security/user -s default -a dictionlist

The above command should yield the following output:
dictionlist="/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English"

If the above command shows an empty string for default "dictionlist" attribute, this is a finding.

From the command prompt, run the following command to check if "dictionlist" attribute is set for all users:
# lsuser -a dictionlist ALL

The above command should yield the following output:
root dictionlist=/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English
daemon dictionlist=/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English
bin dictionlist=/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English
sys dictionlist=/etc/security/ice/dictionary/English

If any user's "dictionlist" attribute is empty, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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