Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Length
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Description
The pam_pwquality module’s minlen
parameter controls requirements for
minimum characters required in a password. Add minlen=14
after pam_pwquality to set minimum password length requirements.
Rationale
The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations
that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
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 factor of several that helps to determine strength
and how long it takes to crack a password. Use of more characters in a password
helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to
compromise the password.
Shell script
The following script can be run on the host to remediate the issue.
#!/bin/bash
# Remediation is applicable only in certain platforms
if dpkg-query --show --showformat='${db:Status-Status}\n' 'libpam-runtime' 2>/dev/null | grep -q installed; then
var_password_pam_minlen='14'
# Strip any search characters in the key arg so that the key can be replaced without
# adding any search characters to the config file.
stripped_key=$(sed 's/[\^=\$,;+]*//g' <<< "^minlen")
# shellcheck disable=SC2059
printf -v formatted_output "%s = %s" "$stripped_key" "$var_password_pam_minlen"
# If the key exists, change it. Otherwise, add it to the config_file.
# We search for the key string followed by a word boundary (matched by \>),
# so if we search for 'setting', 'setting2' won't match.
if LC_ALL=C grep -q -m 1 -i -e "^minlen\\>" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"; then
escaped_formatted_output=$(sed -e 's|/|\\/|g' <<< "$formatted_output")
LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks "s/^minlen\\>.*/$escaped_formatted_output/gi" "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
else
if [[ -s "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" ]] && [[ -n "$(tail -c 1 -- "/etc/security/pwquality.conf" || true)" ]]; then
LC_ALL=C sed -i --follow-symlinks '$a'\\ "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
fi
printf '%s\n' "$formatted_output" >> "/etc/security/pwquality.conf"
fi
else
>&2 echo 'Remediation is not applicable, nothing was done'
fi
Ansible playbook
The following playbook can be run with Ansible to remediate the issue.
- name: Gather the package facts
package_facts:
manager: auto
tags:
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-UBTU-20-010054
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- PCI-DSSv4-8.3
- PCI-DSSv4-8.3.6
- accounts_password_pam_minlen
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy
- name: XCCDF Value var_password_pam_minlen # promote to variable
set_fact:
var_password_pam_minlen: !!str 14
tags:
- always
- name: Ensure PAM Enforces Password Requirements - Minimum Length - Ensure PAM variable
minlen is set accordingly
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
create: true
dest: /etc/security/pwquality.conf
regexp: ^#?\s*minlen
line: minlen = {{ var_password_pam_minlen }}
when: '"libpam-runtime" in ansible_facts.packages'
tags:
- CJIS-5.6.2.1.1
- DISA-STIG-UBTU-20-010054
- NIST-800-53-CM-6(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(1)(a)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(4)
- NIST-800-53-IA-5(c)
- PCI-DSS-Req-8.2.3
- PCI-DSSv4-8.3
- PCI-DSSv4-8.3.6
- accounts_password_pam_minlen
- low_complexity
- low_disruption
- medium_severity
- no_reboot_needed
- restrict_strategy