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1.115 SOL-11.1-040480

Information

The operating system must not allow logins for users with blank passwords.

GROUP ID: V-216365
RULE ID: SV-216365r959010

If the password field is blank and the system does not enforce a policy that passwords are required, it could allow login without proper authentication of a user.

Solution

The root role is required.

Modify the /etc/default/login file.

# pfedit /etc/default/login

Insert the line:

PASSREQ=YES

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23765

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216365r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040480, Vuln-ID|V-216365

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 851b97239300e85cfb4112722a28e0864425c82ac67904f652a6d0e00c744055