STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x SLES Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 28 Sep 2018:

The SLES for vRealize must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

DISA Rule

SV-99127r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-88477

Group Title

SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046

Rule Version

VROM-SL-000405

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000205 - The information system enforces minimum password length.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

If "minlen" was not set at all in "/etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local" file then run the following command:

# sed -i '/pam_cracklib.so/ s/$/ minlen=15/' /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local

If "minlen" was set incorrectly, run the following command to set it to "15":

# sed -i '/pam_cracklib.so/ s/minlen=../minlen=15/' /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local

Check Contents

Verify that SLES for vRealize enforces a minimum 15-character password length, by running the following command:

# grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local

# grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password

If the result does not contain "minlen=15" or higher, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-88477

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VROM-SL-000405

Severity Override Guidance

Verify that SLES for vRealize enforces a minimum 15-character password length, by running the following command:

# grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password-vmware.local

# grep pam_cracklib /etc/pam.d/common-password

If the result does not contain "minlen=15" or higher, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3461

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