SOL-11.1-040160 - The delay between login prompts following a failed login attempt must be at least 4 seconds.

Information

As an immediate return of an error message, coupled with the capability to try again, may facilitate automatic and rapid-fire brute-force password attacks by a malicious user.

Solution

The root role is required.

# pfedit the /etc/default/login

Locate the line containing:

SLEEPTIME

Change the line to read:

SLEEPTIME=4

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_SOL_11_x86_V3R6_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-216100r959010_rule, STIG-ID|SOL-11.1-040160, STIG-Legacy|SV-60915, STIG-Legacy|V-48043, Vuln-ID|V-216100

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 44e1a9eaadbad888c6a7fd7756efe61401a695f96f063f8369b893c8fe221aab