VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance EAM Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000083
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SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000085
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ESX Agent Manager must not have the Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) servlet installed.
WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP protocol that, when developed, was meant to allow users to create, change, and move documents on a server, typically a web server or web share. WebDAV is not wide...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000086
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SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000087
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ESX Agent Manager must not have any symbolic links in the web content directory tree.
A web server is designed to deliver content and execute scripts or applications at the request of a client or user. Containing user requests to files in the directory tree of the hosted web applica...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000030
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ESX Agent Manager directory tree must have permissions in an out-of-the-box state.
As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and web authors require accounts on the machine hosting the web server. The...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000225-WSR-000140
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ESX Agent Manager must fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
Determining a safe state for failure and weighing that against a potential denial of service for users depends on what type of application the web server is hosting. For the ESX Agent Manager, it i...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000246-WSR-000149
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ESX Agent Manager must limit the number of allowed connections.
Limiting the number of established connections to the ESX Agent Manager is a basic denial-of-service protection. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited could run out of system resources a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157
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SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157
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ESX Agent Manager must use the "setCharacterEncodingFilter" filter.
Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into a hosted application's data entry field and the hosted application is unprepared to process that data. This results in unantici...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000142
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ESX Agent Manager must set the welcome-file node to a default web page.
Enumeration techniques, such as URL parameter manipulation, rely on being able to obtain information about the web server's directory structure by locating directories without default pages. In thi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000142
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ESX Agent Manager must not show directory listings.
Enumeration techniques, such as URL parameter manipulation, rely on being able to obtain information about the web server's directory structure by locating directories without default pages. In thi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000159
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Node 2
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