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 disable the shutdown port.
An attacker has at least two reasons to stop a web server. The first is to cause a denial of service, and the second is to put in place changes the attacker made to the web server configuration. If...Rule Medium Severity -
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Lookup Service must limit the amount of time that each Transport Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.
Denial of service (DoS) is one threat against web servers. Many DoS attacks attempt to consume web server resources in such a way that no more resources are available to satisfy legitimate requests...Rule Medium Severity -
Lookup Service must protect cookies from cross-site scripting (XSS).
Cookies are a common way to save session state over the HTTP(S) protocol. If an attacker can compromise session data stored in a cookie, they are better able to launch an attack against the server ...Rule Medium Severity -
Lookup Service must generate log records for system startup and shutdown.
Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and when a service is stopped. Many forms of suspicious actions can be detected by analyzing logs for unexpected service starts and...Rule Medium Severity -
Lookup Service must have Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIMEs) that invoke operating system shell programs disabled.
MIME mappings tell the Lookup Service what type of program various file types and extensions are and what external utilities or programs are needed to execute the file type. By ensuring that variou...Rule Medium Severity -
Lookup Service 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 -
Lookup Service must set URIEncoding to UTF-8.
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 -
The Lookup Service 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 -
Lookup Service must be configured to hide the server version.
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 -
Lookup Service log files must be offloaded to a central log server in real time.
Lookup Service produces several logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used for diagnostic, forensics, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the avai...Rule Medium Severity -
Lookup Service must set the secure flag for cookies.
The secure flag is an option that can be set by the application server when sending a new cookie to the user within an HTTP Response. The purpose of the secure flag is to prevent cookies from being...Rule Medium Severity
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