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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance ESX Agent Manager (EAM) Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000225-AS-000166
The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.
The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.
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The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.
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. 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>