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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000142-AS-000014

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  • The vCenter Perfcharts 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000223-AS-000150

    Group
  • The vCenter Perfcharts 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000225-AS-000166

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  • The vCenter Perfcharts 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-AS-000165

    Group
  • The vCenter Perfcharts service must set URIEncoding to UTF-8.

    Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into a hosted application's data entry field and the hosted application is unprepared to process that data. This results in unantici...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000266-AS-000169

    Group
  • The vCenter Perfcharts 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 ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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