STIGUI
V-234983CAT II — Medium severitySV-234983r991588_rule

The SUSE operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

Rule version SLES-15-040010 · STIG v2 · 2026-08-20

Discussion

The SUSE operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

Check

Verify the SUSE operating system enforces a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

> grep pam_faildelay /etc/pam.d/common-auth auth required pam_faildelay.so delay=4000000

If the value of "delay" is not set to "4000000", "delay" is commented out, "delay" is missing, or the "pam_faildelay" line is missing completely, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the SUSE operating system to enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

Edit the file "/etc/pam.d/common-auth".

Add a parameter "pam_faildelay" and set it to:

> delay is in micro seconds auth required pam_faildelay.so delay=4000000

Identifiers

Group ID
V-234983
Group title
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226
Rule ID
SV-234983r991588_rule
Check ID
C-38171r619218_chk
Fix ID
F-38134r619219_fix