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1.180 OL09-00-001015

Information

OL 9 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

GROUP ID: V-271615
RULE ID: SV-271615r1091557

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.

Password complexity is one factor of several that determines how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Requiring a minimum number of lowercase characters makes password guessing attacks more difficult by ensuring a larger search space.

Solution

Configure OL 9 to enforce password complexity by requiring at least one lowercase character is used by setting the "lcredit" option.

Add the following line to "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" (or modify the line to have the required value):

lcredit = -1

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/27024

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1), CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-271615r1091557_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-001015, Vuln-ID|V-271615

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7620e9603f049d6c601546556bd929f568c6ce3ee399c756aea31483de5ea367