SSMC must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a nonadministrative user.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-255246	SSMC-OS-020000	SV-255246r958388_rule		Low

Description

By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.

STIG	Date
HPE 3PAR SSMC Operating System Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-08-27

Details

Check Text (C-58859r869886_chk)

Check if SSMC is configured to limit consecutive invalid logon attempts for ssmcaudit user to three times by executing the following command:

$ sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o session_lock -a status
Session lock is enabled

If the output of this command does not read "Session lock is enabled", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-58803r869887_fix)

Configure SSMC to limit consecutive invalid logon attempts for ssmcaudit user to three times by executing the following command:

$sudo /ssmc/bin/config_security.sh -o session_lock -a enable -f