Detections
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1.86 SOL-11.1-040160

Information

The delay between login prompts following a failed login attempt must be at least 4 seconds.

GROUP ID: V-216335
RULE ID: SV-216335r959010

As an immediate return of an error message, coupled with the capability to try again, may facilitate automatic and rapid-fire brute-force password attacks by a malicious user.

Solution

The root role is required.

# pfedit the /etc/default/login

Locate the line containing:

SLEEPTIME

Change the line to read:

SLEEPTIME=4

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216335r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040160, Vuln-ID|V-216335

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 19ea284a87e651cb8f91d9b631b192b15705c75143acefc267e9a01ac7720982