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

vSphere UI must disable the shutdown port.

DISA Rule

SV-239710r679236_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239710

Group Title

SRG-APP-000435-WSR-000147

Rule Version

VCUI-67-000029

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002385 - The information system protects against or limits the effects of organization-defined types of denial of service attacks by employing organization-defined security safeguards.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/conf/server.xml.

Make sure that the server port is disabled:

<Server port="${shutdown.port}" …>

Check Contents

At the command prompt, execute the following commands:

# xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/conf/server.xml | sed '2 s/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '/Server/@port' -

Expected result:

port="${shutdown.port}"

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

# grep shutdown /etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/vsphere-ui.json

Expected result:

"-Dshutdown.port=-1",

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

Vulnerability Number

V-239710

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCUI-67-000029

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, execute the following commands:

# xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/conf/server.xml | sed '2 s/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '/Server/@port' -

Expected result:

port="${shutdown.port}"

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

# grep shutdown /etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/vsphere-ui.json

Expected result:

"-Dshutdown.port=-1",

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

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5334

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