ALMA-09-008160 - AlmaLinux OS 9 must maintain an account lock until the locked account is manually released by an administrator; and not automatically after a set time.

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By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.

Solution

Configure AlmaLinux OS 9 to lock accounts until released by an administrator using pam_faillock.

First, enable the feature using the following command:

$ authselect enable-feature with-faillock

Then, add or uncomment the following line in the "/etc/security/faillock.conf" file:

unlock_time = 0

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA Cloud Linux AlmaLinux OS 9 STIG v1r6

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 92d3c96fd3705ab71cd3479c388d0fd2d669e1ef4b7bcf7edd807503e6143d0f

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ALMA-09-008160 - AlmaLinux OS 9 must maintain an account lock until the locked account is manually released by an administrator; and not automatically after a set time.

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