WBLC-05-000160 - Oracle WebLogic must enforce minimum password length.

Information

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

Password length is one of several factors that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password is, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

Application servers either provide a local user store, or they integrate with enterprise user stores like LDAP. When the application server provides the user store and enforces authentication, the application server must enforce minimum password length.

Solution

1. Access AC
2. From 'Domain Structure', select 'Security Realms'
3. Select realm to configure (default is 'myrealm')
4. Select 'Providers' tab -> 'Password Validation' subtab
5. Select 'SystemPasswordValidator'
6. Select 'Configuration' tab -> 'Provider Specific' subtab
7. Utilize 'Change Center' to create a new change session
8. Set 'Minimum Password Length' field value to '15'. Click 'Save'

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Oracle_WebLogic_Server_12c_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000205, Rule-ID|SV-235966r628676_rule, STIG-ID|WBLC-05-000160, STIG-Legacy|SV-70535, STIG-Legacy|V-56281, Vuln-ID|V-235966

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: a4ddb1da087cce68e65aed906e5c5a6aefd909ca3c5233e26f5da6d3bb974d93