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

The SUSE operating system must provision temporary accounts with an expiration date for 72 hours.

DISA Rule

SV-217137r603262_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-217137

Group Title

SRG-OS-000002-GPOS-00002

Rule Version

SLES-12-010360

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000016 - The information system automatically removes or disables temporary accounts after an organization-defined time period for each type of account.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

In the event temporary accounts are required, configure the SUSE operating system to terminate them after "72" hours.

For every temporary account, run the following command to set an expiration date on it, substituting "system_account_name" with the appropriate value:

# sudo chage -E `date -d "+3 days" +%Y-%m-%d` system_account_name

`date -d "+3 days" +%Y-%m-%d` sets the 72-hour expiration date for the account at the time the command is run.

Check Contents

Verify that the SUSE operating system provisions temporary accounts with an expiration date for "72" hours.

Ask the System Administrator if any temporary accounts have been added to the system. For every existing temporary account, run the following command to obtain its account expiration information:

# sudo chage -l system_account_name

Verify each of these accounts has an expiration date that is within "72" hours of its creation.

If any temporary accounts have no expiration date set or do not expire within "72" hours of their creation, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-217137

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLES-12-010360

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that the SUSE operating system provisions temporary accounts with an expiration date for "72" hours.

Ask the System Administrator if any temporary accounts have been added to the system. For every existing temporary account, run the following command to obtain its account expiration information:

# sudo chage -l system_account_name

Verify each of these accounts has an expiration date that is within "72" hours of its creation.

If any temporary accounts have no expiration date set or do not expire within "72" hours of their creation, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

4033

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