VAMI server binaries and libraries must be verified for their integrity.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-256653	SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000051	VCLD-70-000009	SV-256653r888481_rule	2023-06-15	1

Description
Being able to verify that a patch, upgrade, certificate, etc., being added to the web server is unchanged from the producer of the file is essential for file validation and nonrepudiation of the information. VMware delivers product updates and patches regularly. When VAMI is updated, the signed packages will also be updated. These packages can be used to verify that VAMI has not been inappropriately modified since it was installed. The file "lighttpd.conf" and "vami-lighttp.service" are intentionally modified on first boot and thus are excluded from the check. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000051, SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000030, SRG-APP-000380-WSR-000072

Description

Being able to verify that a patch, upgrade, certificate, etc., being added to the web server is unchanged from the producer of the file is essential for file validation and nonrepudiation of the information. VMware delivers product updates and patches regularly. When VAMI is updated, the signed packages will also be updated. These packages can be used to verify that VAMI has not been inappropriately modified since it was installed. The file "lighttpd.conf" and "vami-lighttp.service" are intentionally modified on first boot and thus are excluded from the check. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000051, SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000030, SRG-APP-000380-WSR-000072

ℹ️ Check
At the command prompt, run the following command: # rpm -qa\|grep lighttpd\|xargs rpm -V\|grep -v -E "lighttpd.conf\|vami-lighttp.service" If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
If the VAMI binaries have been modified from the default state when deployed as part of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA), the system must be wiped and redeployed or restored from backup. VMware does not recommend or support recovering from such a state by reinstalling RPMs or similar efforts.