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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000380-AS-000088

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  • The vCenter STS service files must have permissions in an out-of-the-box state.

    As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and web authors require accounts on the machine hosting the web server. The...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • The vCenter STS service must enable "ENFORCE_ENCODING_IN_GET_WRITER".

    Some clients try to guess the character encoding of text media when the mandated default of ISO-8859-1 should be used. Some browsers will interpret as UTF-7 when the characters are safe for ISO-885...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter STS service manager webapp must be removed.

    Tomcat provides management functionality through either a default manager webapp or through local editing of the configuration files. The manager webapp files must be deleted, and administration mu...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter STS service host-manager webapp must be removed.

    Tomcat provides host management functionality through either a default host-manager webapp or through local editing of the configuration files. The host-manager webapp files must be deleted, and ad...
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  • The vCenter STS 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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