Title

The TippingPoint SMS must enforce a minimum 15-character password length. (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. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.

Check Content

In the SMS client, ensure the SMS password complexity requirements are met. 1. Under Security, click "Edit" and "Preferences". 2. If the security level is set to anything except "3 - High", this is a finding. This setting ensures a 15-character minimum, uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols are used.

Fix Text

In the SMS client, ensure the SMS password complexity requirements are met. 1. Under Security, click "Edit" and "Preferences". 2. Change security level to "3 - High". This setting ensures a 15-character minimum, uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols are used.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-242238r1018786_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-242238

Group Title: SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252

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