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1.9 VCSA-80-000070

Information

The vCenter Server must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

GROUP ID: V-258912RULE ID: SV-258912r1015267

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.

To meet password policy requirements, passwords must be changed at specific policy-based intervals.

If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the result is a password that is not changed per policy requirements.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

From the vSphere Client, go to Administration >> Single Sign On >> Configuration >> Local Accounts >> Password Policy.

Click "Edit".

Set the "Restrict reuse" to "5" and click "Save".

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23621

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004061, Rule-ID|SV-258912r1015267_rule, STIG-ID|VCSA-80-000070, Vuln-ID|V-258912

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: f11f844b5d954c5cf694e0f3f5ceb90e63900b0541330693d721d3f7a6a3b131