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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Photon operating system must configure sshd to use FIPS 140-2 ciphers.

    <VulnDiscussion>Privileged access contains control and configuration information and is particularly sensitive, so additional protections are...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00193

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    Group
  • The Photon operating system must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;ASLR makes it more difficult for an attacker to predict the location of attack code they have introduced into a process's add...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000437-GPOS-00194

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Previous versions of software components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed m...
    Rule Medium Severity

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