VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance UI 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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vSphere UI must limit the amount of time that each Transmission 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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vSphere UI must limit the number of concurrent connections permitted.
Resource exhaustion can occur when an unlimited number of concurrent requests are allowed on a website, facilitating a denial-of-service attack. Unless the number of requests is controlled, the web...Rule Medium Severity -
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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vSphere UI 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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vSphere UI 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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vSphere UI plugins must be authorized before use.
The vSphere UI ships with a number of plugins out of the box. Any additional plugins may affect the availability and integrity of the system and must be approved and documented by the information s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000015
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SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000075
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vSphere UI 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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SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000083
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vSphere UI 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
Node 2
The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.