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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00193

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000437-GPOS-00194

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must remove all software components after updated versions have been installed.

    Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed may be exploited by adversaries. Some information technology products may...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000470-GPOS-00214

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000471-GPOS-00216

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must be configured to audit the loading and unloading of dynamic kernel modules.

    Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an in...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000478-GPOS-00223

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

    If the operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, then this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses an...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226

    Group
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must ensure audit events are flushed to disk at proper intervals.

    Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. To that en...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00228

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.

    Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created they do not have unnecessary access.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disallow HostbasedAuthentication.

    SSH trust relationships enable trivial lateral spread after a host compromise and therefore must be explicitly disabled.
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    Group
  • The Photon operating system must be configured to use the pam_faillock.so module.

    By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-force attacks, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    Group

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