Ubuntu 22.04 LTS must automatically lock an account until the locked account is released by an administrator when three unsuccessful logon attempts have been made.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account. Satisfies: SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005, SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-260549r958388_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to utilize the "pam_faillock" module.
Add or modify the following lines in the "/etc/pam.d/common-auth" file, below the "auth" definition for "pam_unix.so":
auth [default=die] pam_faillock.so authfail
auth sufficient pam_faillock.so authsucc