VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The Photon operating system must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions.
Misuse of privileged functions, either intentionally or unintentionally by authorized users, or by unauthorized external entities that have compromised information system accounts, is a serious and...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000042-GPOS-00021
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SRG-OS-000046-GPOS-00022
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SRG-OS-000047-GPOS-00023
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The Photon operating system audit log must attempt to log audit failures to syslog.
It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without this notification, the security personnel may be unaware of an ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000057-GPOS-00027
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The Photon operating system audit log must have correct permissions.
Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity. Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000058-GPOS-00028
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The Photon operating system audit log must be owned by root.
Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity. Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000059-GPOS-00029
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The Photon operating system audit log must be group-owned by root.
Audit information includes all information (e.g., audit records, audit settings, audit reports) needed to successfully audit operating system activity. Unauthorized disclosure of audit records can...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032
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SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033
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The Photon operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access privileges occur.
Audit records can be generated from various components within the information system (e.g., module or policy filter). Satisfies: SRG-OS-000064-GPOS-00033, SRG-OS-000392-GPOS-00172, SRG-OS-000462-G...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037
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The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038
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The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000071-GPOS-00039
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The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resistin...Rule Medium Severity
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