STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 11 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

Consecutive login attempts for SSH must be limited to 3.

DISA Rule

SV-216115r603268_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-216115

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040340

Severity

CAT III

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

The root role is required.

Modify the sshd_config file.

# pfedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Locate the line containing:

MaxAuthTries

Change it to:

MaxAuthTries 6

Restart the SSH service.

# svcadm restart svc:/network/ssh

Note: Solaris SSH MaxAuthTries of 6 maps to 3 actual failed attempts.

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Determine if consecutive login attempts are limited to 3.

# grep "^MaxAuthTries" /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v Log

If the output of this command is not:

MaxAuthTries 6

this is a finding.

Note: Solaris SSH MaxAuthTries of 6 maps to 3 actual failed attempts.

Vulnerability Number

V-216115

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SOL-11.1-040340

Severity Override Guidance

Determine if consecutive login attempts are limited to 3.

# grep "^MaxAuthTries" /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -v Log

If the output of this command is not:

MaxAuthTries 6

this is a finding.

Note: Solaris SSH MaxAuthTries of 6 maps to 3 actual failed attempts.

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M

Target Key

4021

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