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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 define default permissions for all authenticated users in such a way that the user can only read and modify their own files.

    <VulnDiscussion>Setting the most restrictive default permissions ensures that when new accounts are created they do not have unnecessary acce...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disallow HostbasedAuthentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;SSH trust relationships enable trivial lateral spread after a host compromise and therefore must be explicitly disabled.&lt;/...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The Photon operating system must be configured to use the pam_faillock.so module.

    &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 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
  • SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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