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AZLX-23-002400 - Amazon Linux 2023 must enforce 24 hours/1 day as the minimum password lifetime.
Information
Enforcing a minimum password lifetime helps to prevent repeated password changes to defeat the password reuse or history enforcement requirement. If users are allowed to immediately and continually change their password, then the password could be repeatedly changed in a short period of time to defeat the organization's policy regarding password reuse.Solution
Configure Amazon Linux 2023 to enforce 24 hours as the minimum password lifetime for new user accounts.Add the following line in "/etc/login.defs" (or modify the line to have the required value):
PASS_MIN_DAYS 1
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: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-274143r1120417_rule, STIG-ID|AZLX-23-002400, Vuln-ID|V-274143
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: d982969e1379a08bf65589be55536c38632f824116f1e30223245de3db468c5c