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VCTR-67-000001 - The vCenter Server must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

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Information

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

To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals.

If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

From the vSphere Client, go to Administration >> Single Sign-On >> Configuration >> Policies >> Password Policy.

Click 'Edit'.

Enter '5' into the 'Restrict reuse' setting and click 'OK'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y22M04_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000200, Rule-ID|SV-243072r719459_rule, STIG-ID|VCTR-67-000001, Vuln-ID|V-243072

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: c5239831e7d8ce8850902197951389722c5fa6465315c7a104ec5afebfb9872e