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

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  • The vCenter UI service debug parameter must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web server includes any information abou...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter UI service directory listings parameter must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enumeration techniques, such as URL parameter manipulation, rely on being able to obtain information about the web server's d...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter UI service deployXML attribute must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Host element controls deployment. Automatic deployment allows for simpler management but also makes it easier for an atta...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter UI service must have Autodeploy disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tomcat allows auto-deployment of applications while it is running. This can allow untested or malicious applications to be au...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter UI service xpoweredBy attribute must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Individual connectors can be configured to display the Tomcat information to clients. This information can be used to identif...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter UI service example applications must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tomcat provides example applications, documentation, and other directories in the default installation that do not serve a pr...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter UI service default ROOT web application must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The default ROOT web application includes the version of Tomcat being used, links to Tomcat documentation, examples, FAQs, an...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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  • The vCenter UI service default documentation must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tomcat provides documentation and other directories in the default installation that do not serve a production use. These fil...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • The vCenter UI service must disable "ALLOW_BACKSLASH".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When Tomcat is installed behind a proxy configured to only allow access to certain contexts (web applications), an HTTP reque...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • The vCenter UI service must enable "ENFORCE_ENCODING_IN_GET_WRITER".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some clients try to guess the character encoding of text media when the mandated default of ISO-8859-1 should be used. Some b...
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The content of the drawer really is up to you. It could have form fields, definition lists, text lists, labels, charts, progress bars, etc. Spacing recommendation is 24px margins. You can put tabs in here, and can also make the drawer scrollable.

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