VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disallow authentication with an empty password.
<VulnDiscussion>Blank passwords are one of the first things an attacker checks for when probing a system. Even if the user somehow has a blan...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00229
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disable user environment processing.
<VulnDiscussion>Enabling user environment processing may enable users to bypass access restrictions in some configurations and must therefore...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Photon operating system must create a home directory for all new local interactive user accounts.
<VulnDiscussion>If local interactive users are not assigned a valid home directory, there is no place for the storage and control of files th...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disallow Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI) authentication.
<VulnDiscussion>GSSAPI authentication is used to provide additional authentication mechanisms to applications. Allowing GSSAPI authentication...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Photon operating system must configure Secure Shell (SSH) to disable X11 forwarding.
<VulnDiscussion>X11 is an older, insecure graphics forwarding protocol. It is not used by Photon and should be disabled as a general best pra...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group
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