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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance ESX Agent Manager (EAM) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must be configured to limit data exposure between applications.

    <VulnDiscussion>If RECYCLE_FACADES is true or if a security manager is in use, a new facade object will be created for each request. This red...
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  • SRG-APP-000225-AS-000166

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  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Determining a safe state for failure and weighing that against a potential denial of service for users depends on what type o...
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  • SRG-APP-000251-AS-000165

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  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must set URIEncoding 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-AS-000169

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  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service "ErrorReportValve showServerInfo" must be set to "false".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Error Report Valve is a simple error handler for HTTP status codes that will generate and return HTML error pages. It can...
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  • SRG-APP-000295-AS-000263

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  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must set an inactive timeout for sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Leaving sessions open indefinitely is a major security risk. An attacker can easily use an already authenticated session to a...
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  • SRG-APP-000358-AS-000064

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