CA VM:Secure product PASSWORD user exit must be coded with the PWLIST option properly set.

From IBM z/VM Using CA VM:Secure Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000200

SV-93579r1_rule CA VM:Secure product PASSWORD user exit must be coded with the PWLIST option properly set.

Vulnerability 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

If there is no CA VM:Secure Product PASSWORD user exit in use, this is a finding. Examine the CA VM:Secure product PASSWORD user exit for requirement that uses a “PWLIST” option that prohibits password reuse for five generations. If this code is missing, this is a finding.

Fix text

Engineer code in the CA VM:Secure Product PASSWORD user exit that uses a “PWLIST” that prohibits password reuse for five generations.

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