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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Lookup Service Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000001-AS-000001

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  • The vCenter Lookup service must limit the number of maximum 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000033-AS-000024

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  • The vCenter Lookup service cookies must have secure flag set.

    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...
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  • SRG-APP-000092-AS-000053

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  • The vCenter Lookup service must initiate session logging upon startup.

    Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and as late as possible when a service is stopped. Many forms of suspicious actions can be detected by analyzing logs for unexpecte...
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  • SRG-APP-000095-AS-000056

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  • SRG-APP-000118-AS-000078

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  • SRG-APP-000133-AS-000092

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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter Lookup service must disable stack tracing.

    Stack tracing provides debugging information from the application call stacks when a runtime error is encountered. If stack tracing is left enabled, Tomcat will provide this call stack information ...
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  • SRG-APP-000142-AS-000014

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  • The vCenter Lookup service must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.

    The server must be configured to listen on a specified IP address and port. Without specifying an IP address and port for server to use, the server will listen on all IP addresses available. Acces...
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  • SRG-APP-000223-AS-000150

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  • The vCenter Lookup service must be configured to limit data exposure between applications.

    If RECYCLE_FACADES is true or if a security manager is in use, a new facade object will be created for each request. This reduces the chances that a bug in an application might expose data from one...
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  • SRG-APP-000225-AS-000166

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  • The vCenter Lookup service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.

    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. It is preferable that the servi...
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  • SRG-APP-000251-AS-000165

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  • SRG-APP-000266-AS-000169

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  • The vCenter Lookup service "ErrorReportValve showServerInfo" must be set to "false".

    The Error Report Valve is a simple error handler for HTTP status codes that will generate and return HTML error pages. It can also be configured to return predefined static HTML pages for specific ...
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