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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 audit the "insmod" module.

    <VulnDiscussion>Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-OS-000476-GPOS-00221

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  • The Photon operating system auditd service must generate audit records for all account creations, modifications, disabling, and termination events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without generating audit records that are specific to the security and mission needs of the organization, it would be difficu...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00225

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  • The Photon operating system must use the "pam_cracklib" module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, this increases the chances of password...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226

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  • The Photon operating system must set the "FAIL_DELAY" parameter.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain acc...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00226

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  • The Photon operating system must enforce a delay of at least four seconds between logon prompts following a failed logon attempt.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of logon attempts over a certain time interval reduces the chances that an unauthorized user may gain acc...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without setting a balance between performance and ensuring all audit events are written to disk, performance of the system ma...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must create a home directory for all new local interactive user accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If local interactive users are not assigned a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files th...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must disable the debug-shell service.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The debug-shell service is intended to diagnose systemd-related boot issues with various "systemctl" commands. Once enabled a...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must configure sshd to disallow Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI) authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;GSSAPI authentication is used to provide additional authentication mechanisms to applications. Allowing GSSAPI authentication...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The Photon operating system must configure sshd to disable environment processing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enabling environment processing may enable users to bypass access restrictions in some configurations and must therefore be d...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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