ONTAP must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive failed logon attempts.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-246931r960840_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Use the command "security login role config show" to get a list of roles.
For each role, use the command "security login role config show -vserver <vserver_name> -role <role_name>" to view the password requirements for each role.
For any role that does not have "Maximum Number of Failed Attempts" set to "3", use the command "security login role config modify -role <role_name> -vserver <vserver_name> -max-failed-login-attempts 3".