For local accounts created on the device, the Juniper SRX Services Gateway must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.

From Juniper SRX SG NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000044

SV-81043r1_rule For local accounts created on the device, the Juniper SRX Services Gateway must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a 15-minute time period.

Vulnerability discussion

By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced.Juniper SRX is unable to comply with the 15-minute time period part of this control.

Check content

Verify the number of unsuccessful logon attempts is set to 3. [edit] show system login retry-options If the number of unsuccessful logon attempts is set to 3, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the number of unsuccessful logon attempts for all login account, globally. [edit] set system login retry-options tries-before-disconnect 3

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