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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance User Interface (UI) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The vCenter UI service must limit privileges for creating or modifying hosted application shared files.

    <VulnDiscussion>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 UI 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 UI 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
  • The vCenter UI service must be configured to limit data exposure between applications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000225-AS-000166

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The vCenter UI 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-AS-000165

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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