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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-000295-AS-000263

    Group
  • The vCenter STS service must set an inactive timeout for sessions.

    Leaving sessions open indefinitely is a major security risk. An attacker can easily use an already authenticated session to access the hosted application as the previously authenticated user. By cl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000358-AS-000064

    Group
  • The vCenter STS service must offload log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

    Information system logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Log record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000001-AS-000001

    Group
  • The vCenter STS service must limit the amount of time that each Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.

    Denial of service (DoS) is one threat against web servers. Many DoS attacks attempt to consume web server resources in such a way that no more resources are available to satisfy legitimate requests...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000001-AS-000001

    Group
  • The vCenter STS service must limit the number of times that each Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.

    KeepAlive provides long lived HTTP sessions that allow multiple requests to be sent over the same connection. Enabling KeepAlive mitigates the effects of several types of denial-of-service attacks....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-AS-000165

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000033-AS-000024

    Group

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