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TOSS must prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>If cached authentication information is out of date, the validity of the authentication information may be questionable. TOSS includes multiple options for configuring authentication, but this requirement will be focus on the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD). By default, sssd does not cache credentials.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-252933r958828_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the SSSD to prohibit the use of cached authentications after one day.

Add or change the following line in "/etc/sssd/sssd.conf" just below the line "[pam]."

offline_credentials_expiration = 1