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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 cookies must have the "http-only" flag set.

    <VulnDiscussion>Cookies are a common way to save session state over the HTTP(S) protocol. If attackers can compromise session data stored in ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033-AS-000024

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must offload log records onto a different system or media from the system being logged.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Log record content that may be necessary to...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must enable STRICT_SERVLET_COMPLIANCE.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Strict Servlet Compliance forces Tomcat to adhere to standards specifications including but not limited to RFC2109. RFC2109 s...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000001-AS-000001

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must limit the amount of time that each Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.

    &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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000001-AS-000001

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must limit the number of times that each Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection is kept alive.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;KeepAlive provides long lived HTTP sessions that allow multiple requests to be sent over the same connection. Enabling KeepAl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-AS-000165

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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