I - Mission Critical Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must enforce passwords that contain at least one lowercase character.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must enforce passwords that contain at least one numeric character.
<VulnDiscussion>Use of a complex password helps increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000072-GPOS-00040
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must require the change of at least eight of the total number of characters when passwords are changed.
<VulnDiscussion>If the SUSE operating system allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of passwords, this increases the chanc...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must configure the Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) to only store encrypted representations of passwords.
<VulnDiscussion>Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords. If passwords are...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must employ FIPS 140-2-approved cryptographic hashing algorithms for all stored passwords.
<VulnDiscussion>The system must use a strong hashing algorithm to store the password. The system must use a sufficient number of hashing roun...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must employ FIPS 140-2-approved cryptographic hashing algorithms for all stored passwords.
<VulnDiscussion>The system must use a strong hashing algorithm to store the password. The system must use a sufficient number of hashing roun...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must be configured to create or update passwords with a minimum lifetime of 24 hours (one day).
<VulnDiscussion>Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforce...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000075-GPOS-00043
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The SUSE operating system must employ user passwords with a minimum lifetime of 24 hours (one day).
<VulnDiscussion>Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforce...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000076-GPOS-00044
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
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
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