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AZLX-23-002455 - Amazon Linux 2023 must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.
Information
By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.Solution
Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.Add/modify the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file to match the following line:
deny = 3
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Amazon_Linux_2023_V1R2_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA Amazon Linux 2023 STIG v1r2
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-7b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002238, Rule-ID|SV-274154r1120450_rule, STIG-ID|AZLX-23-002455, Vuln-ID|V-274154
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: b9f8f94d236dd946b0b86326ed9fdab97383a1c036c98dbc8a5bcc55def6b787