STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance EAM Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 26 Jul 2023:

Rsyslog must be configured to monitor and ship ESX Agent Manager log files.

DISA Rule

SV-256701r888659_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256701

Group Title

SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

Rule Version

VCEM-70-000029

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-eam.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

#eam.log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/eam.log"
Tag="eam-main"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam web access logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost_access.log"
Tag="eam-access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam jvm logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stdout"
Tag="eam-stdout"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/jvm.log.stderr"
Tag="eam-stderr"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam catalina logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/catalina.log"
Tag="eam-catalina"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam catalina localhost logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/eam/web/localhost.log"
Tag="eam-catalina"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#eam firstboot logs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/firstboot/eam_firstboot.py*.log"
Tag="eam-firstboot"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

Check Contents

At the command prompt, run the following command:

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

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

Vulnerability Number

V-256701

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCEM-70-000029

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, run the following command:

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

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

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5524