Nutanix AOS must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>If the operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, then this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses and brute-force attacks.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-254192r846664_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure Nutanix AOS to enforce the use of pam_pwquality.so by running the following command.
$ sudo salt-call state.sls security/CVM/pamCVM