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DescriptionJan Pazdziora (Red Hat)
2022-12-14 18:17:21 UTC
Description of problem:
On latest RHEL 8.8. compose (RHEL-8.8.0-20221214.2), the rule accounts_password_pam_unix_remember no longer remediates, in the ospp profile.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
scap-security-guide-0.1.63-4.el8.noarch
authselect-1.2.6-1.el8.x86_64
How reproducible:
Deterministic.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. dnf install -y /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-rhel8-ds.xml
2. authselect select minimal --force
3. oscap xccdf eval --remediate --profile xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_profile_ospp --rule xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_unix_remember /usr/share/xml/scap/ssg/content/ssg-rhel8-ds.xml
Actual results:
WARNING: Datastream component 'scap_org.open-scap_cref_security-data-oval-com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2' points out to the remote 'https://access.redhat.com/security/data/oval/com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2'. Use '--fetch-remote-resources' option to download it.
WARNING: Skipping 'https://access.redhat.com/security/data/oval/com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2' file which is referenced from datastream
WARNING: Skipping ./security-data-oval-com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2 file which is referenced from XCCDF content
--- Starting Evaluation ---
Title
Limit Password Reuse
Rule
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
Ident
CCE-80666-1
WARNING: Skipping ./security-data-oval-com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2 file which is referenced from XCCDF content
Result
fail
--- Starting Remediation ---
Title
Limit Password Reuse
Rule
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
Ident
CCE-80666-1
Result
error
Expected results:
WARNING: Datastream component 'scap_org.open-scap_cref_security-data-oval-com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2' points out to the remote 'https://access.redhat.com/security/data/oval/com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2'. Use '--fetch-remote-resources' option to download it.
WARNING: Skipping 'https://access.redhat.com/security/data/oval/com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2' file which is referenced from datastream
WARNING: Skipping ./security-data-oval-com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2 file which is referenced from XCCDF content
--- Starting Evaluation ---
Title
Limit Password Reuse
Rule
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
Ident
CCE-80666-1
WARNING: Skipping ./security-data-oval-com.redhat.rhsa-RHEL8.xml.bz2 file which is referenced from XCCDF content
Result
fail
--- Starting Remediation ---
Title
Limit Password Reuse
Rule
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_accounts_password_pam_unix_remember
Ident
CCE-80666-1
Result
fixed
Additional info:
I see things work on RHEL 8.7 GA with the same version of scap-security-guide, and authselect-1.2.5-1.el8.x86_64.
Comment 2Jan Pazdziora (Red Hat)
2022-12-14 18:19:28 UTC
Checking some things on the machine after the remediation was done, on RHEL 8.7 I see
# grep remember /etc/authselect/custom/hardening/system-auth
password requisite pam_pwhistory.so remember=5
and on RHEL 8.8
# grep remember /etc/authselect/custom/hardening/system-auth
password requisite pam_pwhistory.so use_authtok {include if "with-pwhistory"} remember=5
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory (scap-security-guide bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2023:2869