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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

  • The vCenter STS service xpoweredBy attribute must be disabled.

    Individual connectors can be configured to display the Tomcat information to clients. This information can be used to identify server versions that can be useful to attackers for identifying vulner...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

    Group
  • The vCenter STS service example applications must be removed.

    Tomcat provides example applications, documentation, and other directories in the default installation that do not serve a production use. These files must be deleted.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

    Group
  • The vCenter STS service default ROOT web application must be removed.

    The default ROOT web application includes the version of Tomcat being used, links to Tomcat documentation, examples, FAQs, and mailing lists. The default ROOT web application must be removed from a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

    Group
  • The vCenter STS service default documentation must be removed.

    Tomcat provides documentation and other directories in the default installation that do not serve a production use. These files must be deleted.
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000380-AS-000088

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

    Group
  • The vCenter STS service must disable "ALLOW_BACKSLASH".

    When Tomcat is installed behind a proxy configured to only allow access to certain contexts (web applications), an HTTP request containing "/\../" may allow attackers to work around the proxy restr...
    Rule Medium Severity

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