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1.399 OL09-00-003012

Information

OL 9 must configure the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/password-auth file.

GROUP ID: V-271838
RULE ID: SV-271838r1092226

If the pam_faillock.so module is not loaded, the system will not correctly lockout accounts to prevent password guessing attacks.

Solution

Configure OL 9 to include the use of the pam_faillock.so module in the /etc/pam.d/password-auth file.

Add/modify the appropriate sections of the "/etc/pam.d/password-auth" file to match the following lines:
Note: The "preauth" line must be listed before pam_unix.so.

auth required pam_faillock.so preauth
auth required pam_faillock.so authfail
account required pam_faillock.so

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-7a., CCI|CCI-000044, Rule-ID|SV-271838r1092226_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-003012, Vuln-ID|V-271838

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ef333ce88b0e00f45705eaea44364caef9b27c0839281f5a11e5076a82802b84