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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Lookup Service Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service default documentation must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tomcat provides documentation and other directories in the default installation that do not serve a production use. These fil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000380-AS-000088

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000001-AS-000001

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service must limit the number of maximum concurrent connections permitted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Resource exhaustion can occur when an unlimited number of concurrent requests are allowed on a website, facilitating a denial...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033-AS-000024

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service cookies must have secure flag set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The secure flag is an option that can be set by the application server when sending a new cookie to the user within an HTTP R...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000092-AS-000053

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service must initiate session logging upon startup.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and as late as possible when a service is stopped. Many for...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000095-AS-000056

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service must produce log records containing sufficient information regarding event details.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote access can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the server. By recording all remote access activities, it will be...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000118-AS-000078

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service logs folder permissions must be set correctly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Log data is essential in the investigation of events. The accuracy of the information is always pertinent. One of the first s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-AS-000092

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service must limit privileges for creating or modifying hosted application shared files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application servers have the ability to specify that the hosted applications use shared libraries. The application server mus...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service must disable stack tracing.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Stack tracing provides debugging information from the application call stacks when a runtime error is encountered. If stack t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142-AS-000014

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter Lookup service must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The server must be configured to listen on a specified IP address and port. Without specifying an IP address and port for ser...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000223-AS-000150

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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