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1.398 OL09-00-003011

Information

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

GROUP ID: V-271837
RULE ID: SV-271837r1092223

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/system-auth file.

Add/modify the appropriate sections of the "/etc/pam.d/system-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-271837r1092223_rule, STIG-ID|OL09-00-003011, Vuln-ID|V-271837

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c7d4345399dd31c17dc0c529754c996fd6b2f0983db8fd020360e9a6979cc4bf