VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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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
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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
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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 -
SRG-APP-000516
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SRG-APP-000516
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The vCenter Server must configure all port groups to a value other than that of the native virtual local area network (VLAN).
ESXi does not use the concept of native VLAN. Frames with VLAN specified in the port group will have a tag, but frames with VLAN not specified in the port group are not tagged and therefore will en...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516
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The vCenter Server must not configure VLAN Trunking unless Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT) is required and authorized.
When a port group is set to VLAN Trunking, the vSwitch passes all network frames in the specified range to the attached virtual machines without modifying the virtual local area network (VLAN) tags...Rule Medium Severity
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