STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The SUSE operating system must enforce passwords that contain at least one numeric character.

DISA Rule

SV-234884r622137_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-234884

Group Title

SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039

Rule Version

SLES-15-020150

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure the SUSE operating system to enforce password complexity by requiring at least one numeric character.

Edit "/etc/pam.d/common-password" and edit the line containing "pam_cracklib.so" to contain the option "dcredit=-1" after the third column.

Check Contents

Verify the SUSE operating system enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character.

Check that the operating system enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used by using the following command:

> grep pam_cracklib.so /etc/pam.d/common-password
password requisite pam_cracklib.so dcredit=-1

If the command does not return anything, the returned line is commented out, or has a second column value different from "requisite", or does not contain "dcredit=-1", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-234884

Documentable

False

Rule Version

SLES-15-020150

Severity Override Guidance

Verify the SUSE operating system enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character.

Check that the operating system enforces password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used by using the following command:

> grep pam_cracklib.so /etc/pam.d/common-password
password requisite pam_cracklib.so dcredit=-1

If the command does not return anything, the returned line is commented out, or has a second column value different from "requisite", or does not contain "dcredit=-1", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5274

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