VCLD-70-000023 - VAMI must be protected from being stopped by a nonprivileged user.

Information

An attacker has at least two reasons to stop a web server. The first is to cause a denial of service, and the second is to put in place changes the attacker made to the web server configuration. Therefore, only administrators should ever be able to stop VAMI.

The VAMI process is configured out of the box to be owned by root. This configuration must be verified and maintained.

Solution

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/systemd/system/vami-lighttp.service

Under the '[Service]' section, remove the line that beings with 'User='.

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart applmgmt

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, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002385, Rule-ID|SV-256667r888523_rule, STIG-ID|VCLD-70-000023, Vuln-ID|V-256667

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7a6bfd94146623f63bf94c530f2b1b04a5ad422da082a941fc5bb5ac8e801308