The Security Token Service must limit the number of allowed connections.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Limiting the number of established connections to the Security Token Service is a basic denial-of-service protection. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited can potentially run out of system resources and negatively affect system availability.
- ID
- SV-256763r889259_rule
- Version
- VCST-70-000019
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Navigate to and open:
/usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml
Navigate to the <Connector> configured with port="${bio-custom.http.port}".