Utilizing pam_faillock.so, the fail_interval directive configures the system
to lock out an account after a number of incorrect login attempts within a specified time
period.
Ensure that the file /etc/security/faillock.conf contains the following entry:
fail_interval = <interval-in-seconds> where interval-in-seconds is or greater.
In order to avoid errors when manually editing these files, it is
recommended to use the appropriate tools, such as authselect or authconfig,
depending on the OS version.
warning alert:
Warning
If the system relies on authselect tool to manage PAM settings, the remediation
will also use authselect tool. However, if any manual modification was made in
PAM files, the authselect integrity check will fail and the remediation will be
aborted in order to preserve intentional changes. In this case, an informative message will
be shown in the remediation report.
If the system supports the /etc/security/faillock.conf file, the pam_faillock
parameters should be defined in faillock.conf file.
Rationale
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.
ISA-62443-2-1-2009, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems Part 2-1: Establishing an Industrial Automation and Control Systems Security Program
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CCE-83583-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-09-411085
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_interval
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if system relies
on authselect tool
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /usr/bin/authselect
register: result_authselect_present
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-83583-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-09-411085
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_interval
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Remediation where authselect
tool is present
block:
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check integrity of
authselect current profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect check
register: result_authselect_check_cmd
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Informative message
based on the authselect integrity check result
ansible.builtin.assert:
that:
- result_authselect_check_cmd.rc == 0
fail_msg:
- authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
- This remediation could not be applied because an authselect profile was not
selected or the selected profile is not intact.
- It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect tool
is available.
- In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific demand,
a custom authselect profile is recommended.
success_msg:
- authselect integrity check passed
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Get authselect current
features
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current | tail -n+3 | awk '{ print $2 }'
register: result_authselect_features
changed_when: false
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure "with-faillock"
feature is enabled using authselect tool
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect enable-feature with-faillock
register: result_authselect_enable_feature_cmd
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_features.stdout is not search("with-faillock")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect changes
are applied
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b
when:
- result_authselect_enable_feature_cmd is not skipped
- result_authselect_enable_feature_cmd is success
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-83583-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-09-411085
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_interval
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Remediation where authselect
tool is not present
block:
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if pam_faillock.so
is already enabled
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: .*auth.*pam_faillock\.so (preauth|authfail)
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: result_pam_faillock_is_enabled
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Enable pam_faillock.so
preauth editing PAM files
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
line: auth required pam_faillock.so preauth
insertbefore: ^auth.*sufficient.*pam_unix\.so.*
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_is_enabled.found == 0
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Enable pam_faillock.so
authfail editing PAM files
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
line: auth required pam_faillock.so authfail
insertbefore: ^auth.*required.*pam_deny\.so.*
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_is_enabled.found == 0
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Enable pam_faillock.so
account section editing PAM files
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
line: account required pam_faillock.so
insertbefore: ^account.*required.*pam_unix\.so.*
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_is_enabled.found == 0
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- not result_authselect_present.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-83583-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-09-411085
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_interval
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval: !!str <xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval" use="legacy"/>
tags:
- always
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check the presence of
/etc/security/faillock.conf file
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /etc/security/faillock.conf
register: result_faillock_conf_check
when: '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CCE-83583-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-09-411085
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_interval
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the pam_faillock.so
fail_interval parameter in /etc/security/faillock.conf
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: /etc/security/faillock.conf
regexp: ^\s*fail_interval\s*=
line: fail_interval = {{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval }}
state: present
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_faillock_conf_check.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-83583-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-09-411085
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_interval
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the pam_faillock.so
fail_interval parameter not in PAM files
block:
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if /etc/pam.d/system-auth
file is present
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
register: result_pam_file_present
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check the proper remediation
for the system
block:
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Define the PAM file
to be edited as a local fact
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
pam_file_path: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if system relies
on authselect tool
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /usr/bin/authselect
register: result_authselect_present
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect
custom profile is used if authselect is present
block:
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check integrity
of authselect current profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect check
register: result_authselect_check_cmd
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Informative message
based on the authselect integrity check result
ansible.builtin.assert:
that:
- result_authselect_check_cmd.rc == 0
fail_msg:
- authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
- This remediation could not be applied because an authselect profile was
not selected or the selected profile is not intact.
- It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect tool
is available.
- In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific
demand, a custom authselect profile is recommended.
success_msg:
- authselect integrity check passed
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Get authselect
current profile
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current -r | awk '{ print $1 }'
register: result_authselect_profile
changed_when: false
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Define the current
authselect profile as a local fact
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
authselect_current_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
authselect_custom_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
when:
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_profile.stdout is match("custom/")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Define the new
authselect custom profile as a local fact
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
authselect_current_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
authselect_custom_profile: custom/hardening
when:
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_profile.stdout is not match("custom/")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Get authselect
current features to also enable them in the custom profile
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current | tail -n+3 | awk '{ print $2 }'
register: result_authselect_features
changed_when: false
when:
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if any custom
profile with the same name was already created
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}
register: result_authselect_custom_profile_present
changed_when: false
when:
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Create an authselect
custom profile based on the current profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect create-profile hardening -b {{ authselect_current_profile
}}
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- not result_authselect_custom_profile_present.stat.exists
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect
changes are applied
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b --backup=before-hardening-custom-profile
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- authselect_custom_profile is not match(authselect_current_profile)
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the authselect
custom profile is selected
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect select {{ authselect_custom_profile }}
register: result_pam_authselect_select_profile
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- authselect_custom_profile is not match(authselect_current_profile)
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Restore the authselect
features in the custom profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect enable-feature {{ item }}
loop: '{{ result_authselect_features.stdout_lines }}'
register: result_pam_authselect_restore_features
when:
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_features is not skipped
- result_pam_authselect_select_profile is not skipped
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect
changes are applied
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b --backup=after-hardening-custom-profile
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_pam_authselect_restore_features is not skipped
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Change the PAM
file to be edited according to the custom authselect profile
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
pam_file_path: /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}/{{ pam_file_path
| basename }}
when:
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the "fail_interval"
option from "pam_faillock.so" is not present in {{ pam_file_path }}
ansible.builtin.replace:
dest: '{{ pam_file_path }}'
regexp: (.*auth.*pam_faillock.so.*)\bfail_interval\b=?[0-9a-zA-Z]*(.*)
replace: \1\2
register: result_pam_option_removal
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect
changes are applied
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b
when:
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- result_pam_option_removal is changed
when:
- result_pam_file_present.stat.exists
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if /etc/pam.d/password-auth
file is present
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /etc/pam.d/password-auth
register: result_pam_file_present
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check the proper remediation
for the system
block:
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Define the PAM file
to be edited as a local fact
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
pam_file_path: /etc/pam.d/password-auth
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if system relies
on authselect tool
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /usr/bin/authselect
register: result_authselect_present
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect
custom profile is used if authselect is present
block:
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check integrity
of authselect current profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect check
register: result_authselect_check_cmd
changed_when: false
failed_when: false
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Informative message
based on the authselect integrity check result
ansible.builtin.assert:
that:
- result_authselect_check_cmd.rc == 0
fail_msg:
- authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
- This remediation could not be applied because an authselect profile was
not selected or the selected profile is not intact.
- It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect tool
is available.
- In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific
demand, a custom authselect profile is recommended.
success_msg:
- authselect integrity check passed
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Get authselect
current profile
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current -r | awk '{ print $1 }'
register: result_authselect_profile
changed_when: false
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Define the current
authselect profile as a local fact
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
authselect_current_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
authselect_custom_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
when:
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_profile.stdout is match("custom/")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Define the new
authselect custom profile as a local fact
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
authselect_current_profile: '{{ result_authselect_profile.stdout }}'
authselect_custom_profile: custom/hardening
when:
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_profile.stdout is not match("custom/")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Get authselect
current features to also enable them in the custom profile
ansible.builtin.shell:
cmd: authselect current | tail -n+3 | awk '{ print $2 }'
register: result_authselect_features
changed_when: false
when:
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if any custom
profile with the same name was already created
ansible.builtin.stat:
path: /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}
register: result_authselect_custom_profile_present
changed_when: false
when:
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Create an authselect
custom profile based on the current profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect create-profile hardening -b {{ authselect_current_profile
}}
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- not result_authselect_custom_profile_present.stat.exists
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect
changes are applied
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b --backup=before-hardening-custom-profile
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- authselect_custom_profile is not match(authselect_current_profile)
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the authselect
custom profile is selected
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect select {{ authselect_custom_profile }}
register: result_pam_authselect_select_profile
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- authselect_current_profile is not match("custom/")
- authselect_custom_profile is not match(authselect_current_profile)
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Restore the authselect
features in the custom profile
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect enable-feature {{ item }}
loop: '{{ result_authselect_features.stdout_lines }}'
register: result_pam_authselect_restore_features
when:
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_authselect_features is not skipped
- result_pam_authselect_select_profile is not skipped
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect
changes are applied
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b --backup=after-hardening-custom-profile
when:
- result_authselect_check_cmd is success
- result_authselect_profile is not skipped
- result_pam_authselect_restore_features is not skipped
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Change the PAM
file to be edited according to the custom authselect profile
ansible.builtin.set_fact:
pam_file_path: /etc/authselect/{{ authselect_custom_profile }}/{{ pam_file_path
| basename }}
when:
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the "fail_interval"
option from "pam_faillock.so" is not present in {{ pam_file_path }}
ansible.builtin.replace:
dest: '{{ pam_file_path }}'
regexp: (.*auth.*pam_faillock.so.*)\bfail_interval\b=?[0-9a-zA-Z]*(.*)
replace: \1\2
register: result_pam_option_removal
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure authselect
changes are applied
ansible.builtin.command:
cmd: authselect apply-changes -b
when:
- result_authselect_present.stat.exists
- result_pam_option_removal is changed
when:
- result_pam_file_present.stat.exists
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- result_faillock_conf_check.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-83583-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-09-411085
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_interval
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the pam_faillock.so
fail_interval parameter in PAM files
block:
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Check if pam_faillock.so
fail_interval parameter is already enabled in pam files
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: /etc/pam.d/system-auth
regexp: .*auth.*pam_faillock\.so (preauth|authfail).*fail_interval
state: absent
check_mode: true
changed_when: false
register: result_pam_faillock_fail_interval_parameter_is_present
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the inclusion
of pam_faillock.so preauth fail_interval parameter in auth section
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
backrefs: true
regexp: (^\s*auth\s+)([\w\[].*\b)(\s+pam_faillock.so preauth.*)
line: \1required\3 fail_interval={{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval
}}
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_fail_interval_parameter_is_present.found == 0
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the inclusion
of pam_faillock.so authfail fail_interval parameter in auth section
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
backrefs: true
regexp: (^\s*auth\s+)([\w\[].*\b)(\s+pam_faillock.so authfail.*)
line: \1required\3 fail_interval={{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval
}}
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_fail_interval_parameter_is_present.found == 0
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the desired
value for pam_faillock.so preauth fail_interval parameter in auth section
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
backrefs: true
regexp: (^\s*auth\s+)([\w\[].*\b)(\s+pam_faillock.so preauth.*)(fail_interval)=[0-9]+(.*)
line: \1required\3\4={{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval }}\5
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_fail_interval_parameter_is_present.found > 0
- name: Set Interval For Counting Failed Password Attempts - Ensure the desired
value for pam_faillock.so authfail fail_interval parameter in auth section
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
path: '{{ item }}'
backrefs: true
regexp: (^\s*auth\s+)([\w\[].*\b)(\s+pam_faillock.so authfail.*)(fail_interval)=[0-9]+(.*)
line: \1required\3\4={{ var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval }}\5
state: present
loop:
- /etc/pam.d/system-auth
- /etc/pam.d/password-auth
when:
- result_pam_faillock_fail_interval_parameter_is_present.found > 0
when:
- '"pam" in ansible_facts.packages'
- not result_faillock_conf_check.stat.exists
tags:
- CCE-83583-5
- DISA-STIG-RHEL-09-411085
- NIST-800-53-AC-7(a)
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_interval
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
Remediation - Shell Script
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if rpm --quiet -q pam; then
var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval='<xccdf-1.2:sub xmlns:xccdf-1.2="http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2" idref="xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_value_var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval" use="legacy"/>'
if [ -f /usr/bin/authselect ]; then
if ! authselect check; then
echo "
authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
This remediation could not be applied because an authselect profile was not selected or the selected profile is not intact.
It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect tool is available.
In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific demand, a custom authselect profile is recommended."
exit 1
fi
authselect enable-feature with-faillock
authselect apply-changes -b
else
AUTH_FILES=("/etc/pam.d/system-auth" "/etc/pam.d/password-auth")
for pam_file in "${AUTH_FILES[@]}"
do
if ! grep -qE '^\s*auth\s+required\s+pam_faillock\.so\s+(preauth silent|authfail).*$' "$pam_file" ; then
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^auth.*sufficient.*pam_unix\.so.*/i auth required pam_faillock.so preauth silent' "$pam_file"
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^auth.*required.*pam_deny\.so.*/i auth required pam_faillock.so authfail' "$pam_file"
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^account.*required.*pam_unix\.so.*/i account required pam_faillock.so' "$pam_file"
fi
sed -Ei 's/(auth.*)(\[default=die\])(.*pam_faillock\.so)/\1required \3/g' "$pam_file"
done
fi
AUTH_FILES=("/etc/pam.d/system-auth" "/etc/pam.d/password-auth")
FAILLOCK_CONF="/etc/security/faillock.conf"
if [ -f $FAILLOCK_CONF ]; then
regex="^\s*fail_interval\s*="
line="fail_interval = $var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval"
if ! grep -q $regex $FAILLOCK_CONF; then
echo $line >> $FAILLOCK_CONF
else
sed -i --follow-symlinks 's|^\s*\(fail_interval\s*=\s*\)\(\S\+\)|\1'"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval"'|g' $FAILLOCK_CONF
fi
for pam_file in "${AUTH_FILES[@]}"
do
if [ -e "$pam_file" ] ; then
PAM_FILE_PATH="$pam_file"
if [ -f /usr/bin/authselect ]; then
if ! authselect check; then
echo "
authselect integrity check failed. Remediation aborted!
This remediation could not be applied because an authselect profile was not selected or the selected profile is not intact.
It is not recommended to manually edit the PAM files when authselect tool is available.
In cases where the default authselect profile does not cover a specific demand, a custom authselect profile is recommended."
exit 1
fi
CURRENT_PROFILE=$(authselect current -r | awk '{ print $1 }')
# If not already in use, a custom profile is created preserving the enabled features.
if [[ ! $CURRENT_PROFILE == custom/* ]]; then
ENABLED_FEATURES=$(authselect current | tail -n+3 | awk '{ print $2 }')
authselect create-profile hardening -b $CURRENT_PROFILE
CURRENT_PROFILE="custom/hardening"
authselect apply-changes -b --backup=before-hardening-custom-profile
authselect select $CURRENT_PROFILE
for feature in $ENABLED_FEATURES; do
authselect enable-feature $feature;
done
authselect apply-changes -b --backup=after-hardening-custom-profile
fi
PAM_FILE_NAME=$(basename "$pam_file")
PAM_FILE_PATH="/etc/authselect/$CURRENT_PROFILE/$PAM_FILE_NAME"
authselect apply-changes -b
fi
if grep -qP '^\s*auth\s.*\bpam_faillock.so\s.*\bfail_interval\b' "$PAM_FILE_PATH"; then
sed -i -E --follow-symlinks 's/(.*auth.*pam_faillock.so.*)\bfail_interval\b=?[[:alnum:]]*(.*)/\1\2/g' "$PAM_FILE_PATH"
fi
if [ -f /usr/bin/authselect ]; then
authselect apply-changes -b
fi
else
echo "$pam_file was not found" >&2
fi
done
else
for pam_file in "${AUTH_FILES[@]}"
do
if ! grep -qE '^\s*auth.*pam_faillock\.so (preauth|authfail).*fail_interval' "$pam_file"; then
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^auth.*required.*pam_faillock\.so.*preauth.*silent.*/ s/$/ fail_interval='"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval"'/' "$pam_file"
sed -i --follow-symlinks '/^auth.*required.*pam_faillock\.so.*authfail.*/ s/$/ fail_interval='"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval"'/' "$pam_file"
else
sed -i --follow-symlinks 's/\(^auth.*required.*pam_faillock\.so.*preauth.*silent.*\)\('"fail_interval"'=\)[0-9]\+\(.*\)/\1\2'"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval"'\3/' "$pam_file"
sed -i --follow-symlinks 's/\(^auth.*required.*pam_faillock\.so.*authfail.*\)\('"fail_interval"'=\)[0-9]\+\(.*\)/\1\2'"$var_accounts_passwords_pam_faillock_fail_interval"'\3/' "$pam_file"
fi
done
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi