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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance UI Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000030

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vSphere UI directory tree must have permissions in an out-of-the-box state.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000223-WSR-000011

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • vSphere UI must restrict its cookie path.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Cookies are used to exchange data between the web server and the client. Cookies, such as a session cookie, may contain sessi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000225-WSR-000140

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • vSphere UI must fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Determining a safe state for failure and weighing that against a potential denial of service for users depends on what type o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000246-WSR-000149

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • vSphere UI must limit the number of allowed connections.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Limiting the number of established connections is a basic denial-of-service protection and a best practice. Servers where the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • vSphere UI must set URIEncoding to UTF-8.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into a hosted application's data entry field and the hosted ...
    Rule Medium Severity

The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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