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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: