STIGQter STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 6.5 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 22 Jan 2021:

The ESXi host must prohibit the reuse of passwords within five iterations.

DISA Rule

SV-207633r378763_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-207633

Group Title

SRG-OS-000077-VMM-000440

Rule Version

ESXI-65-000032

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

From an SSH session connected to the ESXi host, or from the ESXi shell, add or correct the following line in “/etc/pam.d/passwd”:

password sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so use_authtok nullok shadow sha512 remember=5

Check Contents

From an SSH session connected to the ESXi host, or from the ESXi shell, run the following command:

# grep -i "^password" /etc/pam.d/passwd | grep sufficient

If the remember setting is not set or is not "remember=5", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-207633

Documentable

False

Rule Version

ESXI-65-000032

Severity Override Guidance

From an SSH session connected to the ESXi host, or from the ESXi shell, run the following command:

# grep -i "^password" /etc/pam.d/passwd | grep sufficient

If the remember setting is not set or is not "remember=5", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

2925

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