STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance ESX Agent Manager (EAM) Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 31 Oct 2023:

The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must be configured to limit data exposure between applications.

DISA Rule

SV-259011r934691_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-259011

Group Title

SRG-APP-000223-AS-000150

Rule Version

VCEM-80-000057

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001664 - Recognize only session identifiers that are system-generated.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open:

/etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties

Update or remove the following line:

org.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES=true

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart eam

Check Contents

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep RECYCLE_FACADES /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties

Example result:

org.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES=true

If "org.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES" is not set to "true", this is a finding.

If the "org.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES" setting does not exist, this is not a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-259011

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCEM-80-000057

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, run the following command:

# grep RECYCLE_FACADES /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties

Example result:

org.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES=true

If "org.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES" is not set to "true", this is a finding.

If the "org.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES" setting does not exist, this is not a finding.

Check Content Reference

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Target Key

5564