VCEM-70-000019 - ESX Agent Manager must limit the number of allowed connections.

Information

Limiting the number of established connections to the ESX Agent Manager is a basic denial-of-service protection. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited could run out of system resources and negatively affect system availability.

Solution

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/conf/server.xml

Configure the <Connector> node with the value:

acceptCount='300'

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart eam

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-5(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001094, Rule-ID|SV-256691r888629_rule, STIG-ID|VCEM-70-000019, Vuln-ID|V-256691

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 4cc6a9ab83c9404d64d271b8943b3d959febd1b9e7cb892da90ba659dd03a6c2