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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000075

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must be configured to limit access to internal packages.

    The "package.access" entry in the "catalina.properties" file implements access control at the package level. When properly configured, a Security Exception will be reported if an errant or maliciou...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000081

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must have Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIMEs) that invoke operating system shell programs disabled.

    MIME mappings tell ESX Agent Manager what type of program various file types and extensions are and what external utilities or programs are needed to execute the file type. By ensuring various shel...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000083

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must have mappings set for Java servlet pages.

    Resource mapping is the process of tying a particular file type to a process in the web server that can serve that type of file to a requesting client and identify which file types are not to be de...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000085

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must not have the Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) servlet installed.

    WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP protocol that, when developed, was meant to allow users to create, change, and move documents on a server, typically a web server or web share. WebDAV is not wide...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000086

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must be configured with memory leak protection.

    The Java Runtime environment can cause a memory leak or lock files under certain conditions. Without memory leak protection, ESX Agent Manager can continue to consume system resources, which will l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000087

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must not have any symbolic links in the web content directory tree.

    A web server is designed to deliver content and execute scripts or applications at the request of a client or user. Containing user requests to files in the directory tree of the hosted web applica...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000030

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager directory tree must have permissions in an out-of-the-box state.

    As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and web authors require accounts on the machine hosting the web server. The...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000225-WSR-000140

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.

    Determining a safe state for failure and weighing that against a potential denial of service for users depends on what type of application the web server is hosting. For the ESX Agent Manager, it i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000246-WSR-000149

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must limit the number of allowed connections.

    Limiting the number of established connections to the ESX Agent Manager is a basic denial-of-service protection. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited could run out of system resources a...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157

    Group
  • ESX Agent Manager must set URIEncoding to UTF-8.

    Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into a hosted application's data entry field and the hosted application is unprepared to process that data. This results in unantici...
    Rule Medium Severity

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