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1.167 SLES-15-040010

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

GROUP ID: V-234983
RULE ID: SV-234983r991588

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

Solution

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

Edit the file "/etc/pam.d/common-auth".

Add a parameter "pam_faildelay" and set it to:

delay is in micro seconds

auth required pam_faildelay.so delay=4000000

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-234983r991588_rule, STIG-ID|SLES-15-040010, Vuln-ID|V-234983

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 919c211b7654568ab9803555e5ea1511a8eed52ab9f28263c90b8f682e2d4931