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GEN000590 - The system must use a FIPS 140-2 approved cryptographic hashing algorithm for generating account password hashes.
Information
Systems must employ cryptographic hashes for passwords using the SHA-2 family of algorithms or FIPS 140-2 approved successors. The use of unapproved algorithms may result in weak password hashes more vulnerable to compromise.Solution
Change the default password algorithm.# authconfig --passalgo=sha512 --update
NOTE: Executing the above command will also update the required parameters in /etc/login.defs and /etc/libuser.conf
See Also
http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
References: 800-53|IA-7, CAT|II, CCE|CCE-14063-2, CCI|CCI-000803, Group-ID|V-22303, Rule-ID|SV-26313r2_rule, STIG-ID|GEN000590, Vuln-ID|V-22303
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: be7f2267460302a501f31678f0cbecbfc0b03c02ac53e80eebf92934c96bb085