Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037
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RHEL 8 must ensure the password complexity module is enabled in the password-auth file.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037
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RHEL 8 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038
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RHEL 8 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039
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RHEL 8 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040
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RHEL 8 must require the maximum number of repeating characters of the same character class be limited to four when passwords are changed.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040
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RHEL 8 must require the maximum number of repeating characters be limited to three when passwords are changed.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040
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RHEL 8 must require the change of at least four character classes when passwords are changed.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040
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RHEL 8 must require the change of at least 8 characters when passwords are changed.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043
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RHEL 8 passwords must have a 24 hours/1 day minimum password lifetime restriction in /etc/shadow.
<VulnDiscussion>Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043
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RHEL 8 passwords for new users or password changes must have a 24 hours/1 day minimum password lifetime restriction in /etc/login.defs.
<VulnDiscussion>Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enfo...Rule Medium Severity
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