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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-000001-WSR-000001

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must limit the number of allowed simultaneous session requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Denial of service (DoS) is one threat against web servers. Many DoS attacks attempt to consume web server resources in such a...
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  • SRG-APP-000015-WSR-000014

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must use cryptography to protect the integrity of remote sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data exchanged between the user and the web server can range from static display data to credentials used to log in the hoste...
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  • SRG-APP-000016-WSR-000005

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must generate information to monitor remote access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the server. By recording all remote access activities, it will be...
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  • SRG-APP-000095-WSR-000056

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must produce log records containing sufficient information to establish what type of events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Web server logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without sufficient and accurate information, a corr...
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  • SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068

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  • The vCenter VAMI service log files must only be accessible by privileged users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysi...
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  • SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must off-load log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protection of log data includes assuring log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Backing up log records to an unrelated...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000081

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must explicitly disable Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) mime mappings based on "Content-Type".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Controlling what a user of a hosted application can access is part of the security posture of the web server. Any time a user...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000083

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must have resource mappings set to disable the serving of certain file types.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Resource mapping is the process of tying a particular file type to a process in the web server that can serve that type of fi...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000085

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must have Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A web server can be installed with functionality that, by its nature, is not secure. WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP proto...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000086

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must protect system resources and privileged operations from hosted applications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Most of the attention to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks focuses on ensuring that systems and applications are not victims of...
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  • SRG-APP-000176-WSR-000096

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000179-WSR-000111

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  • 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 ...
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  • SRG-APP-000246-WSR-000149

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157

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  • 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 ...
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  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000142

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000159

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  • 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 ...
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  • SRG-APP-000266-WSR-000160

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must implement HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;HSTS instructs web browsers to only use secure connections for all future requests when communicating with a website. Doing s...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must implement prevent rendering inside a frame or iframe on another site.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Clickjacking, also known as a “UI redress attack”, is when an attacker uses multiple transparent or opaque layers to trick a ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must protect against MIME sniffing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;MIME sniffing was, and still is, a technique used by some web browsers to examine the content of a particular asset. This is ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The vCenter VAMI service must enable Content Security Policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A Content Security Policy (CSP) requires careful tuning and precise definition of the policy. If enabled, CSP has significant...
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