STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMW vRealize Automation 7.x HA Proxy Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 28 Sep 2018:

HAProxy must limit the amount of time that an http request can be received.

DISA Rule

SV-100947r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-90297

Group Title

SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000001

Rule Version

VRAU-HA-000005

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000054 - The information system limits the number of concurrent sessions for each organization-defined account and/or account type to an organization-defined number of sessions.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg

Configure the haproxy.cfg file with the following value in the global section:

'timeout http-request 5000'

Check Contents

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

grep 'timeout http-request' /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg

If the value of ''timeout http-request" is not set to "5000", is commented out, or is missing, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-90297

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VRAU-HA-000005

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

grep 'timeout http-request' /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg

If the value of ''timeout http-request" is not set to "5000", is commented out, or is missing, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3455

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