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

Lookup Service must set URIEncoding to UTF-8.

DISA Rule

SV-256725r888766_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256725

Group Title

SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157

Rule Version

VCLU-70-000020

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001310 - Checks the validity of organization-defined information inputs to the system.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/server.xml

Navigate to each of the <Connector> nodes.

Configure each <Connector> node with the value 'URIEncoding="UTF-8"'.

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart lookupsvc

Check Contents

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --xpath '/Server/Service/Connector[@port="${bio-custom.http.port}"]/@URIEncoding' /usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/server.xml

Expected result:

URIEncoding="UTF-8"

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

Vulnerability Number

V-256725

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCLU-70-000020

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --xpath '/Server/Service/Connector[@port="${bio-custom.http.port}"]/@URIEncoding' /usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/server.xml

Expected result:

URIEncoding="UTF-8"

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

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5525