TMA-CISCO-ASA-1.1.1
Ensure 'Logon Password' is set
HighLevel 1Automatedcisco-asa
Description
Changes the default login password. The login password is used for SSH connections. The default device configuration does not require any strong user authentication enabling unfettered access to an attacker that can reach the device. Audited against the output of 'show running-config' (run 'terminal pager 0' first; 'more system:running-config' also works and shows unmasked secrets).
How it is checked
Audit method: Configuration pattern
- Pattern
(?m)^passwd \S+
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
! Run the following to set the login password. passwd <login_password> The login_password parameter should be the plain-text password used to log into the system
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- cisco-asanetworklogging
- Reference
- CIS Cisco ASA 9.x Firewall Benchmark v1.1.0 - 1.1.1 Ensure 'Logon Password' is set
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
shell
tmaegis scan --target cisco-asa