SSMC must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a nonadministrative user.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-255246r869888_rule
- Severity
- Low
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure SSMC to limit consecutive invalid logon attempts for ssmcaudit user to three times by executing the following command:
$sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o session_lock -a enable -f