Guide to the Secure Configuration of Ubuntu 20.04
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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tally2
Number of failed login attemptsValue -
Account Lockouts Must Be Logged
PAM faillock locks an account due to excessive password failures, this event must be logged.Rule Medium Severity -
Account Lockouts Must Persist
By setting a `dir` in the faillock configuration account lockouts will persist across reboots.Rule Medium Severity -
Limit Password Reuse
Do not allow users to reuse recent passwords. This can be accomplished by using theremember
option for thepam_unix
orpam_pwhistory
PAM modules.Rule Medium Severity -
Enforce Delay After Failed Logon Attempts
To configure the system to introduce a delay after failed logon attempts, add or correct the <code>pam_faildelay</code> settings in <code>/etc/pam.d/common-auth</code> to make sure its <code>delay<...Rule Medium Severity -
Account Lockouts Must Be Logged
PAM faillock locks an account due to excessive password failures, this event must be logged.Rule Medium Severity -
Set Password Quality Requirements
The default <code>pam_pwquality</code> PAM module provides strength checking for passwords. It performs a number of checks, such as making sure passwords are not similar to dictionary words, are of...Group -
dcredit
Minimum number of digits in passwordValue -
dictcheck
Prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.Value -
difok
Minimum number of characters not present in old passwordValue -
lcredit
Minimum number of lower case in passwordValue -
minclass
Minimum number of categories of characters that must exist in a passwordValue -
minlen
Minimum number of characters in passwordValue -
ocredit
Minimum number of other (special characters) in passwordValue -
retry
Number of retry attempts before erroring outValue -
ucredit
Minimum number of upper case in passwordValue -
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Prevent the Use of Dictionary Words
The pam_pwquality module'sdictcheck
check if passwords contains dictionary words. Whendictcheck
is set to1
passwords will be checked for dictionary words.Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Enforcing
Verify that the operating system uses "pwquality" to enforce the password complexity rules. Verify the pwquality module is being enforced by operating system by running the following command: <pre...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Lowercase Characters
The pam_pwquality module's <code>lcredit</code> parameter controls requirements for usage of lowercase letters in a password. When set to a negative number, any password will be required to contain...Rule Medium Severity -
Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Different Categories
The pam_pwquality module's <code>minclass</code> parameter controls requirements for usage of different character classes, or types, of character that must exist in a password before it is consider...Rule Medium Severity
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