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The vCenter VAMI service must explicitly disable Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) mime mappings based on "Content-Type".

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Controlling what a user of a hosted application can access is part of the security posture of the web server. Any time a user can access more functionality than is needed for the operation of the hosted application poses a security issue. A user with too much access can view information that is not needed for the user's job role, or the user could use the function in an unintentional manner. A MIME tells the web server what type of program various file types and extensions are and what external utilities or programs are needed to execute the file type. A limited number of MIME types must be configured manually, and automatic mapping must be disabled.

ID
SV-259143r1003697_rule
Version
VCLD-80-000031
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Navigate to and open:

/var/lib/vmware/cap-lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Add or reconfigure the following value: