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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS 4.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
The Photon operating system must restrict core dumps.
The Photon operating system must restrict core dumps.
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The Photon operating system must restrict core dumps.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>By enabling the fs.suid_dumpable kernel parameter, core dumps are not generated for setuid or otherwise protected/tainted binaries. This prevents users from potentially accessing core dumps with privileged information they would otherwise not have access to read.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>