STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 09 Mar 2021:

The Photon operating system must limit the number of concurrent sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.

DISA Rule

SV-239076r675036_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239076

Group Title

SRG-OS-000027-GPOS-00008

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000004

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

At the command line, execute the following command:

# echo '*              hard    maxlogins      10' >> /etc/security/limits.conf

Check Contents

At the command line, execute the following command:

# grep "^[^#].*maxlogins.*" /etc/security/limits.conf

Expected result:

*              hard    maxlogins      10

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Note: The expected result may be repeated multiple times.

Vulnerability Number

V-239076

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000004

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, execute the following command:

# grep "^[^#].*maxlogins.*" /etc/security/limits.conf

Expected result:

*              hard    maxlogins      10

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Note: The expected result may be repeated multiple times.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5323

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