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

Performance Charts must disable the shutdown port.

DISA Rule

SV-256642r888417_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256642

Group Title

SRG-APP-000435-WSR-000147

Rule Version

VCPF-70-000032

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-002385 - Protect against or limit the effects of organization-defined types of denial of service events.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties

Navigate to the ports specification section.

Add or modify the following line:

base.shutdown.port=-1

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart perfcharts

Check Contents

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# grep base.shutdown.port /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/catalina.properties

Expected result:

base.shutdown.port=-1

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

Vulnerability Number

V-256642

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCPF-70-000032

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# grep base.shutdown.port /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/catalina.properties

Expected result:

base.shutdown.port=-1

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

5522