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1.166 SLES-15-040000

Information

The SUSE operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

GROUP ID: V-234982
RULE ID: SV-234982r991588

Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain access to an account.

Solution

Configure the SUSE operating system to enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

Add or update the following variable in "/etc/login.defs" to match the line below ("FAIL_DELAY" must have a value of "4" or higher):

FAIL_DELAY 4

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23779

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-234982r991588_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-15-040000, Vuln-ID|V-234982

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5a58753211b825411d9046a72fc0f8bc5f4afeba5f4a6d9bd495b2b3f9f8202e