STIGQter: STIG Summary: SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The SUSE operating system must employ a password history file.

DISA Rule

SV-217132r603262_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-217132

Group Title

SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045

Rule Version

SLES-12-010300

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000200 - The information system prohibits password reuse for the organization-defined number of generations.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the SUSE operating system to create the password history file with the following commands:

# sudo touch /etc/security/opasswd
# sudo chown root:root /etc/security/opasswd
# sudo chmod 0600 /etc/security/opasswd

Check Contents

Verify the password history file exists on the SUSE operating system.

Check that the password history file exists with the following command:

# ls -al /etc/security/opasswd

-rw------- 1 root root 7 Dec 13 17:21 /etc/security/opasswd

If "/etc/security/opasswd" does not exist, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-217132

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLES-12-010300

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the password history file exists on the SUSE operating system.

Check that the password history file exists with the following command:

# ls -al /etc/security/opasswd

-rw------- 1 root root 7 Dec 13 17:21 /etc/security/opasswd

If "/etc/security/opasswd" does not exist, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4033

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