CCE-90868-1| Platform: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 | Date: (C)2017-06-29 (M)2023-07-04 |
The pam_pwquality module's 'maxrepeat' parameter controls requirements for
consecutive repeating characters. When set to a positive number, it will reject passwords
which contain more than that number of consecutive characters. Modify the 'maxrepeat' setting
in '/etc/security/pwquality.conf' to prevent a run of (
Parameter:
[max_repeat_char]
Technical Mechanism:
Passwords with excessive repeating characters may be more vulnerable to password-guessing attacks.
| CCSS Severity: | CCSS Metrics: |
| CCSS Score : 8.1 | Attack Vector: NETWORK |
| Exploit Score: 2.2 | Attack Complexity: HIGH |
| Impact Score: 5.9 | Privileges Required: NONE |
| Severity: HIGH | User Interaction: NONE |
| Vector: AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Scope: UNCHANGED |
| | Confidentiality: HIGH |
| | Integrity: HIGH |
| | Availability: HIGH |
| | |
References: | Resource Id | Reference |
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| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:30536 |
| SCAP Repo OVAL Definition | oval:org.secpod.oval:def:31259 |
