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Performance Charts must set "URIEncoding" to UTF-8.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into a hosted application's data entry field and the hosted application is unprepared to process that data. This results in unanticipated application behavior, potentially leading to an application compromise. Invalid user input is one of the primary methods employed when attempting to compromise an application. An attacker can also enter Unicode characters into hosted applications in an effort to break out of the document home or root home directory or to bypass security checks. Performance Charts must be configured to use a consistent character set via the "URIEncoding" attribute on the Connector nodes.

ID
SV-256630r888381_rule
Version
VCPF-70-000020
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/server.xml

Configure the <Connector> node with the value 'URIEncoding="UTF-8"'.