STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 07 Mar 2023:

Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship Performance Charts log files.

DISA Rule

SV-256640r888411_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256640

Group Title

SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

Rule Version

VCPF-70-000030

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

CCI-001348 - Store audit records on an organization-defined frequency in a repository that is part of a physically different system or system component that the system or component being audited.
CCI-001851 - Transfer audit logs per organization-defined frequency to a different system, system component, or media than the system or system component conducting the logging.

Weight

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-perfcharts.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

#stats
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/stats.log"
Tag="perfcharts-stats"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#localhost_access_log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/localhost_access_log.txt"
Tag="perfcharts-localhost_access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vmware-perfcharts-gc.log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-gc.log.*.current"
Tag="perfcharts-gc"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/perfcharts/vmware-perfcharts-runtime.log.std*"
Tag="perfcharts-runtime"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

Check Contents

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rpm -V VMware-visl-integration|grep vmware-services-perfcharts.conf|grep "^..5......"

If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-256640

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCPF-70-000030

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rpm -V VMware-visl-integration|grep vmware-services-perfcharts.conf|grep "^..5......"

If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5522