{"description": "To prevent Dovecot from attempting plaintext authentication of clients,\nedit <tt>/etc/dovecot/conf.d/10-auth.conf</tt> and add\\or correct the\nfollowing line:\n<pre>disable_plaintext_auth = yes</pre>", "rationale": "Using plain text authentication to the mail server could allow an attacker\naccess to credentials by monitoring network traffic.", "severity": "unknown", "references": {}, "control_references": {}, "components": [], "identifiers": {}, "ocil_clause": null, "ocil": null, "oval_external_content": null, "fixtext": "", "checktext": "", "vuldiscussion": "", "srg_requirement": "", "warnings": [], "conflicts": [], "requires": [], "policy_specific_content": {}, "platform": null, "platforms": [], "sce_metadata": {}, "inherited_platforms": [], "cpe_platform_names": [], "inherited_cpe_platform_names": [], "bash_conditional": null, "fixes": {}, "title": "Disable Plaintext Authentication", "definition_location": "/aptdata/openscap/scap-security-guide/linux_os/guide/services/imap/configure_dovecot/dovecot_enabling_ssl/dovecot_disable_plaintext_auth/rule.yml", "template": null}