STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 09 Mar 2021:

The Photon operating system must ensure old passwords are being stored.

DISA Rule

SV-239102r675114_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239102

Group Title

SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000030

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

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

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

At the command line, execute the following commands:

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

Check Contents

At the command line, execute the following command:

# ls -al /etc/security/opasswd

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

Vulnerability Number

V-239102

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000030

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, execute the following command:

# ls -al /etc/security/opasswd

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

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5323

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