The SUSE operating system must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If the SUSE operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses and brute-force attacks.
- ID
- SV-217134r991587_rule
- Version
- SLES-12-010320
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the SUSE operating system to prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
Edit "/etc/pam.d/common-password" and add the following line:
password requisite pam_cracklib.so retry=3