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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Lookup Service Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000225-WSR-000140
Lookup Service must fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
Lookup Service must fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
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Lookup Service must fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Determining a safe state for failure and weighing that against a potential denial of service for users depends on what type of application the web server is hosting. For the Lookup Service, it is preferable that the service abort startup on any initialization failure rather than continuing in a degraded, and potentially insecure, state.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>