VCENTER-000015 - Expired certificates must be removed from the vCenter Server.

Information

If expired certificates are not removed from the vCenter Server, the user can be subject to a MiTM attack, which potentially might enable compromise through impersonation with the user's credentials to the vCenter Server system.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

If a site procedure to ensure the monitoring and removal of expired certificates from the vCenter Server Windows host does not exist, create one. Check the vCenter Server/host for the presence of expired certificates. Remove all expired certificates.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_ESXi5_vCenter_Server_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-39553, Rule-ID|SV-250734r799892_rule, STIG-ID|VCENTER-000015, STIG-Legacy|SV-51411, STIG-Legacy|V-39553, Vuln-ID|V-250734

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: ebc563c4e79e7c84a4b8c2c77d1e0ebd0609ffed080e61bd113755fa55e42a57