Samba must be configured to use encrypted passwords.

From HP-UX 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with IA controls: IAIA-2, IAIA-1

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-35111r1_rule Samba must be configured to use encrypted passwords.

Vulnerability discussion

Samba must be configured to protect authenticators. If Samba passwords are not encrypted for storage, plain-text user passwords may be read by those with access to the Samba password file.

Check content

Check the encryption setting in the Samba configuration file. # cat /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep -v "^#" | grep -i "^encrypt passwords = yes" If the encrypt passwords setting is not set to "yes", this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit the /etc/opt/samba/smb.conf file and change the encrypt passwords setting to yes, for example: encrypt passwords = yes

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