VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000001
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Performance Charts 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 -
SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000001
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SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000001
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SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000002
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SRG-APP-000016-WSR-000005
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Performance Charts must record user access in a format that enables monitoring of remote access.
Remote access can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the server. By recording all remote access activities, it will be possible to determine the attacker's location, intent, and degree of su...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089-WSR-000047
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Performance Charts 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 -
SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068
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SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000051
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SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000073
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Performance Charts must only run one webapp.
VMware ships Performance Charts on the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA)with one webapp. Any other path is potentially malicious and must be removed.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000015
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Performance Charts must not be configured with unsupported realms.
Performance Charts performs user authentication at the application level and not through Tomcat. Depending on the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) version, Performance Charts may come configured wit...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000075
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Performance Charts must be configured to limit access to internal packages.
The "package.access" entry in the "catalina.properties" file implements access control at the package level. When properly configured, a Security Exception will be reported if an errant or maliciou...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000081
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Performance Charts must have Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIMEs) that invoke operating system shell programs disabled.
MIME mappings tell Performance Charts 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 various she...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000083
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Performance Charts must have mappings set for Java servlet pages.
Resource mapping is the process of tying a particular file type to a process in the web server that can serve that type of file to a requesting client and identify which file types are not to be de...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000085
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SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000086
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Performance Charts must be configured with memory leak protection.
The Java Runtime environment can cause a memory leak or lock files under certain conditions. Without memory leak protection, Performance Chart can continue to consume system resources, which will l...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000087
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Performance Charts 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 on 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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Performance Charts directory tree must have permissions in an out-of-the-box state.
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 resources ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000225-WSR-000140
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Performance Charts 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 Performance Charts, it is p...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000246-WSR-000149
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SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157
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Performance Charts 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 -
SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157
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Performance Charts 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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Performance Charts 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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Performance Charts 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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SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000159
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Performance Charts must be configured to not show error reports.
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 -
SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000159
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Performance Charts must 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 -
SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000160
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Performance Charts must not enable support for TRACE requests.
"TRACE" is a technique for a user to request internal information about Tomcat. This is useful during product development but should not be enabled in production. Allowing an attacker to conduct a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000160
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Performance Charts must have the debug option turned off.
Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web server includes any information about the web server and plug-ins or modules being used. When debugging or t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000357-WSR-000150
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SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163
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