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AZLX-23-002470 - Amazon Linux 2023 must maintain an account lock until the locked account is released by an administrator.
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 until released by an administrator after three unsuccessful logon attempts with the command:$ authselect enable-feature with-faillock
Then edit the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file as follows:
unlock_time = 0
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-274157r1120459_rule, STIG-ID|AZLX-23-002470, Vuln-ID|V-274157
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: b8d0ffe33c951d4cf14268f88a7423da1f0ed77d9983dd9285c90d9e355ae4fc