Title

The DataPower Gateway must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

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 network device 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.

Check Content

Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. If Control reuse is Off, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. Set Control reuse to On, set Reuse history to at least 5.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-79583r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-65093

Group Title: SRG-APP-000165-NDM-000253

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.