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CCE-15054-0

Platform: rhel5Date: (C)2011-10-07   (M)2022-10-10



The number of times a user is prompted to provide a new password if it fails to meet configured password strength requirements (also known as the retry value) should be set appropriately.


Parameter:

number of retry attempts


Technical Mechanism:

(1) via pam_cracklib (2) via pam_passwdqc

CCSS Severity:CCSS Metrics:
CCSS Score : Attack Vector:
Exploit Score: Attack Complexity:
Impact Score: Privileges Required:
Severity: User Interaction:
Vector: Scope:
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References:
Resource IdReference
NSA "Guide to the Secure Configuration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5" - Revision 4, September 14, 2010Section: 2.3.3.1.1 - Set Password Quality Requirements
SCAP Repo OVAL Definitionoval:gov.nist.usgcb.rhel:def:200781
BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0BITS Shared Assessments SIG v6.0
Jericho ForumJericho Forum
HIPAA/HITECH ActHIPAA/HITECH Act
FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL--FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--LOW IMPACT LEVEL--
ISO/IEC 27001-2005ISO/IEC 27001-2005
COBIT 4.1COBIT 4.1
GAPP (Aug 2009)GAPP (Aug 2009)
NERC CIPNERC CIP
NIST SP800-53 R3NIST SP800-53 R3 IA-5
PCIDSS v2.0PCIDSS v2.0
FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL--FedRAMP Security Controls(Final Release Jan 2012)--MODERATE IMPACT LEVEL--
BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0BITS Shared Assessments AUP v5.0


CPE    1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5
OVAL    1
oval:gov.nist.usgcb.rhel:def:200781
XCCDF    1
xccdf_gov.nist_benchmark_USGCB-RHEL-5-Desktop

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