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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Management Interface (VAMI) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000176-WSR-000096

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must restrict access to the web server's private key.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The web server's private key is used to prove the identity of the server to clients and securely exchange the shared secret k...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000179-WSR-000111

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must enable FIPS mode.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules used. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified and ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000246-WSR-000149

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must restrict the ability of users to launch Denial of Service (DoS) attacks against other information systems or networks.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In UNIX and related computer operating systems, a file descriptor is an indicator used to access a file or other input/output...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must set the encoding for all text mime types 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
  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000142

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must disable directory listing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The goal is to completely control the web user's experience in navigating any portion of the web document root directories. E...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000159

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must not be configured to use the "mod_status" module.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any application providing too much information in error logs and in administrative messages to the screen risks compromising ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000160

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must have debug logging 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-000516-WSR-000174

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must enable honoring the SSL cipher order.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;During a Transport Layer Security (TLS) session negotiation, when choosing a cipher during a handshake, normally the client's...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must disable client initiated TLS renegotiation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;All versions of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and TLS protocols (up to and including TLS 1.2) are vulnerable to a man-in-the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter VAMI service must be configured to hide the server type and version in client responses.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Web servers will often display error messages to client users, displaying enough information to aid in the debugging of the e...
    Rule Medium Severity

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