SV-216365r959010: The operating system must not allow logins for users with blank passwords. | Solaris 11 SPARC STIG SCAP Benchmark

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The operating system must not allow logins for users with blank passwords.

Description

Discussion Text

If the password field is blank and the system does not enforce a policy that passwords are required, it could allow login without proper authentication of a user.

How this relates to the STIG checklist: STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Not mappedCCI-000366SV-61015V-48143

References

DPMS Target Solaris 11 SPARC DISA DPMS Target Solaris 11 SPARC 4022

SCC Automation Reference

The reconstructed evaluation script behind this rule's OVAL check(s) — every module a compound check combines, with this rule's own concrete values and DISA's SCC tool's real per-module mechanism curated from static teardown of SCC releases.

#!/bin/bash
# Reconstructed from oval:mil.disa.stig.solaris11:def:83
# The operating system must not allow logins for users with blank passwords.
# Per-module read mechanism curated from static teardown of DISA's SCC tool
# (SCAP Compliance Checker) -- see the SCC Automation Reference above.

# PASSREQ line in /etc/default/login.
# textfilecontent54_object (textfilecontent54_test)
test_1() {
  (sed -En 's/^PASSREQ=(\S+)\s*$/\1/p' '/etc/default/login') | grep -qxF 'YES'
}

if test_1; then
  echo "PASS"
else
  echo "FAIL"
fi

Assessment Script Powered by AISandbox-executed

A standalone Shell script to assess this control automatically. Review before running it in your environment.

Syntax-checked and actually executed in an isolated sandbox (not the real system this checks) — confirmed to run without errors.

#!/bin/sh
# OVAL Definition: oval:mil.disa.stig.solaris11:def:83
if [ ! -f "/etc/default/login" ]; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; fi
if grep -q "^PASSREQ=YES$" /etc/default/login; then echo "PASS"; exit 0; else echo "FAIL"; exit 1; fi

Remediation

The root role is required.

Modify the /etc/default/login file.

# pfedit /etc/default/login

Insert the line:

PASSREQ=YES