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 log files must be offloaded to a central log server in real time.

DISA Rule

SV-256733r888790_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256733

Group Title

SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

Rule Version

VCLU-70-000028

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000139 - Alert organization-defined personnel or roles within an organization-defined time period in the event of an audit logging process failure.
• 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

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

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

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

#localhost_access_log
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/tomcat/localhost_access.log"
Tag="lookupsvc-localhost_access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#lookupsvc_stream.log.std
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/lookupsvc_stream.log.std*"
Tag="lookupsvc-std"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#lookupserver-default
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/lookupserver-default.log"
Tag="lookupsvc-lookupserver-default"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#lookupServer
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/lookupServer.log"
Tag="lookupsvc-lookupServer"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#ls-perflogs
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/vmware-lookupservice-perf.log"
Tag="lookupsvc-perf"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
#ls-gc
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/lookupsvc/vmware-lookupsvc-gc.log.*.current"
Tag="lookupsvc-gc"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

Check Contents

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rpm -V VMware-visl-integration|grep vmware-services-lookupsvc.conf

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

Vulnerability Number

V-256733

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCLU-70-000028

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rpm -V VMware-visl-integration|grep vmware-services-lookupsvc.conf

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

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5525