VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Lookup Service Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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Lookup Service 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 Lookup Service, it is p...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000246-WSR-000149
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Lookup Service must limit the number of allowed connections.
Limiting the number of established connections is a basic denial-of-service protection and a best practice. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited could run out of system resources and ne...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157
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SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000142
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Lookup Service 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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SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000159
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SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000159
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Lookup Service must be configured to show error pages with minimal information.
Web servers will often display error messages to client users, including enough information to aid in the debugging of the error. The information given back in error messages may display the web se...Rule Medium Severity
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