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The vCenter Envoy service must set a limit on remote 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 "maxRemoteHttpsConnections" and "maxRemoteHttpConnections" that must be verified and maintained.

ID
SV-259165r935399_rule
Version
VCRP-80-000098
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 it as follows: