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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance EAM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000160

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    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must not enable support for TRACE requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;"TRACE" is a technique for a user to request internal information about Tomcat. This is useful during product development but...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000160

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must have the debug option disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web server includes any information abou...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship ESX Agent Manager log files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ESX Agent Manager has a number of logs that must be offloaded from the originating system. This information can then be used ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000380-WSR-000072

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must set the secure flag for cookies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The secure flag is an option that can be set by the application server when sending a new cookie to the user within an HTTP R...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000383-WSR-000175

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must be configured with the appropriate ports.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Web servers provide numerous processes, features, and functionalities that use TCP/IP ports. Some of these processes may be d...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000435-WSR-000147

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must disable the shutdown port.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An attacker has at least two reasons to stop a web server. The first is to cause a denial of service, and the second is to pu...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager default servlet must be set to "readonly".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The default servlet (or DefaultServlet) is a special servlet provided with Tomcat that is called when no other suitable page ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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