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

vSphere UI log files must be moved to a permanent repository in accordance with site policy.

DISA Rule

SV-256806r889417_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-256806

Group Title

SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

Rule Version

VCUI-70-000029

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

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-vsphere-ui.conf

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere_client_virgo.log"
Tag="ui-main"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/changelog.log"
Tag="ui-changelog"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/dataservice.log"
Tag="ui-dataservice"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/apigw.log"
Tag="ui-apigw"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/equinox.log"
Tag="ui-equinox"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/eventlog.log"
Tag="ui-eventlog"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/httpRequest.log"
Tag="ui-httpRequest"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/opid.log"
Tag="ui-opid"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/osgi.log"
Tag="ui-osgi"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/performanceAudit.log"
Tag="ui-performanceAudit"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/plugin-medic.log"
Tag="ui-plugin-medic"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadmonitor.log"
Tag="ui-threadmonitor"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/threadpools.log"
Tag="ui-threadpools"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vspheremessaging.log"
Tag="ui-vspheremessaging"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-rpm.log"
Tag="ui-rpm"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/vsphere-ui-runtime*"
Tag="ui-runtime"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/logs/access/localhost_access*"
Tag="ui-access"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vsphere-ui/vsphere-ui-gc*"
Tag="ui-gc"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")
input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/firstboot/vsphere_ui_firstboot*"
Tag="ui-firstboot"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

Check Contents

At the command prompt, run the following command:

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

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

Vulnerability Number

V-256806

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCUI-70-000029

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, run the following command:

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

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

Check Content Reference

Target Key

5528