Title

The CA-TSS PPHIST Control Option must be properly set. (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. 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.

Check Content

From the ISPF Command Shell enter: TSS MODIFY STATUS If the PPHIST Control Option conforms to the following requirements, this is not a finding. PPHIST(10-64)

Fix Text

Configure the PPHIST Control Option value to conforms to the following requirements: PPHIST(10-64) Example: TSS MODIFY PPHIST(10)

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-223891r877732_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-223891

Group Title: SRG-OS-000077-GPOS-00045

Expert Comments

CCIs tied to check.

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