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.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| low | V-223188 | SRG-APP-000065-NDM-000214 | JUSX-DM-000030 | SV-223188r1018645_rule | 2024-12-20 | 3 |
| Description |
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| 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. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| 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 not set to 3, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the number of unsuccessful logon attempts for all login account, globally. [edit] set system login retry-options tries-before-disconnect 3 |