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SLES 12 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The SUSE operating system must require the change of at least eight (8) of the total number of characters when passwords are changed.

    <VulnDiscussion>If the SUSE operating system allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chanc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000120-GPOS-00061

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The SUSE operating system must employ FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic hashing algorithm for system authentication (login.defs).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unapproved mechanisms that are used for authentication to the cryptographic module are not verified and therefore cannot be r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The SUSE operating system must employ FIPS 140-2-approved cryptographic hashing algorithms for all stored passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The system must use a strong hashing algorithm to store the password. The system must use a sufficient number of hashing roun...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The SUSE operating system must configure the Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) to only store encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The SUSE operating system must not be configured to allow blank or null passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt; Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords ar...
    Rule Medium Severity

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