Envoy must set a limit on established connections.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Envoy client connections must be limited to preserve system resources and continue servicing connections without interruption. Without a limit set, the system would be vulnerable to a trivial denial-of-service attack where connections are created en masse and vCenter resources are entirely consumed. Envoy comes hard coded with a tested and supported value for "maxHttpsConnections" that must be verified and maintained.
- ID
- SV-256738r889152_rule
- Version
- VCRP-70-000002
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Navigate to and open:
/etc/vmware-rhttpproxy/config.xml
Locate the <config>/<envoy>/<L4Filter> block and configure <maxHttpsConnections> as follows: