STIGQter: STIG Summary: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 3 Release: 3 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system must be configured so that /etc/pam.d/passwd implements /etc/pam.d/system-auth when changing passwords.

DISA Rule

SV-204405r603261_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-204405

Group Title

SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037

Rule Version

RHEL-07-010118

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000192 - The information system enforces password complexity by the minimum number of upper case characters used.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Configure PAM to utilize /etc/pam.d/system-auth when changing passwords.

Add the following line to "/etc/pam.d/passwd" (or modify the line to have the required value):

password substack system-auth

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Verify that /etc/pam.d/passwd is configured to use /etc/pam.d/system-auth when changing passwords:

# cat /etc/pam.d/passwd | grep -i substack | grep -i system-auth
password substack system-auth

If no results are returned, the line is commented out, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-204405

Documentable

False

Rule Version

RHEL-07-010118

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that /etc/pam.d/passwd is configured to use /etc/pam.d/system-auth when changing passwords:

# cat /etc/pam.d/passwd | grep -i substack | grep -i system-auth
password substack system-auth

If no results are returned, the line is commented out, this is a finding.

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Target Key

2899

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