For local accounts using password authentication (i.e., the root account and the account of last resort), the Juniper SRX Services Gateway must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. Compliance with this requirement also prevents the system from being configured with default or no passwords.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-223217r513340_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Set the global password option for all accounts created on the Juniper SRX.
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set system login password minimum-length 15
Note: This setting only enforces the minimum character password length for newly created passwords. The password of the existing account must be changed if it is not already complaint.