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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The Photon operating system must be configured to use the pam_faillock.so module.

    <VulnDiscussion>By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Photon operating system must prevent leaking information of the existence of a user account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Photon operating system must audit logon attempts for unknown users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise...
    Rule Medium Severity

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