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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The vCenter Server must set the distributed port group Forged Transmits policy to "Reject".

    If the virtual machine operating system changes the Media Access Control (MAC) address, the operating system can send frames with an impersonated source MAC address at any time. This allows an oper...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    Group
  • The vCenter Server must set the distributed port group Media Access Control (MAC) Address Change policy to "Reject".

    If the virtual machine operating system changes the MAC address, it can send frames with an impersonated source MAC address at any time. This allows it to stage malicious attacks on the devices in ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516

    Group
  • The vCenter Server must set the distributed port group Promiscuous Mode policy to "Reject".

    When promiscuous mode is enabled for a virtual switch, all virtual machines connected to the port group have the potential of reading all packets across that network, meaning only the virtual machi...
    Rule Medium Severity

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