SLEM 5 must enforce a delay of at least five seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt via pluggable authentication modules (PAM).
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain access to an account.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-261365r996541_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure SLEM 5 to enforce a delay of at least five seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.
Add or modify the following line in the "/etc/pam.d/common-auth" file:
auth required pam_faildelay.so delay=5000000