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

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

DISA Rule

SV-239389r674661_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239389

Group Title

SRG-APP-000225-WSR-000140

Rule Version

VCEM-67-000018

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001190 - The information system fails to an organization-defined known-state for organization-defined types of failures.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties

Add or change the following line:

org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE=true

Check Contents

At the command line, execute the following command:

# grep EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties

Expected result:

org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE=true

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

Vulnerability Number

V-239389

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCEM-67-000018

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, execute the following command:

# grep EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties

Expected result:

org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE=true

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

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5328

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