STIGQter: STIG Summary: Solaris 10 X86 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 22 Jan 2021:

Samba must be configured to use encrypted passwords.

DISA Rule

SV-227935r603266_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-227935

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480

Rule Version

GEN006230

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Edit the smb.conf file and change the encrypt passwords setting to yes.

Check Contents

Check the encryption setting of the Samba configuration.

Procedure:
# grep -i 'encrypt passwords' /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf
If the setting is not present, or not set to yes, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-227935

Documentable

False

Rule Version

GEN006230

Severity Override Guidance

Check the encryption setting of the Samba configuration.

Procedure:
# grep -i 'encrypt passwords' /etc/smb.conf /etc/sfw/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/sfw/samba/smb.conf
If the setting is not present, or not set to yes, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4061

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