II - Mission Support Sensitive
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044
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The SUSE operating system must be configured to create or update passwords with a maximum lifetime of 60 days.
<VulnDiscussion>Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must employ user passwords with a maximum lifetime of 60 days.
<VulnDiscussion>Any password, no matter how complex, can eventually be cracked. Therefore, passwords need to be changed periodically. If the ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must employ a password history file.
<VulnDiscussion>Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must not allow passwords to be reused for a minimum of five generations.
<VulnDiscussion>Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000078-GPOS-00046
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must employ passwords with a minimum of 15 characters.
<VulnDiscussion>The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is comprom...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000266-GPOS-00101
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must enforce passwords that contain at least one special character.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity or s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.
<VulnDiscussion>If the SUSE operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, this increases the chances of pas...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must not be configured to allow blank or null passwords.
<VulnDiscussion>Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/passwd.
<VulnDiscussion>Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestab...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000004-GPOS-00004
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events that affect /etc/group.
<VulnDiscussion>Once an attacker establishes initial access to a system, the attacker often attempts to create a persistent method of reestab...Rule Medium Severity
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