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CCE-95022-0

Platform: cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:20.04Date: (C)2020-10-15   (M)2023-07-04



Lock out users after n unsuccessful consecutive login attempts. The first sets of changes are made to the PAM configuration file /etc/pam.d/login. The second set of changes are applied to the program specific PAM configuration file. The second set of changes must be applied to each program that will lock out users. Check the documentation for each secondary program for instructions on how to configure them to work with PAM. Set the lockout number to the policy in effect at your site. Rationale: Locking out userIDs after n unsuccessful consecutive login attempts mitigates brute force password attacks against your systems. Fix: Edit the /etc/pam.d/login file and add the auth line below: auth required pam_tally2.so onerr=fail audit silent deny=5 unlock_time=900 Note: If a user has been locked out because they have reached the maximum consecutive failure count defined by deny= in the pam_tally2.so module, the user can be unlocked by issuing the command /sbin/pam_tally2 -u <username> -reset. This command sets the failed count to 0, effectively unlocking the user.


Parameter:

[1200.0]


Technical Mechanism:

Edit the /etc/pam.d/login file and add the auth line below: auth required pam_tally2.so onerr=fail audit silent deny=5 unlock_time=900 Note: If a user has been locked out because they have reached the maximum consecutive failure count defined by deny= in the pam_tally2.so module, the user can be unlocked by issuing the command /sbin/pam_tally2 -u username -reset. This command sets the failed count to 0, effectively unlocking the user.

CCSS Severity:CCSS Metrics:
CCSS Score : 7.5Attack Vector: NETWORK
Exploit Score: 3.9Attack Complexity: LOW
Impact Score: 3.6Privileges Required: NONE
Severity: HIGHUser Interaction: NONE
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HScope: UNCHANGED
 Confidentiality: NONE
 Integrity: NONE
 Availability: HIGH
  

References:
Resource IdReference
SCAP Repo OVAL Definitionoval:org.secpod.oval:def:65999


OVAL    1
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:65999
XCCDF    2
xccdf_org.secpod_benchmark_SecPod_Ubuntu_20.04
xccdf_org.secpod_benchmark_general_Ubuntu_20.04

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