ESX Agent Manager must disable the shutdown port.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-256704 | SRG-APP-000435-WSR-000147 | VCEM-70-000032 | SV-256704r888668_rule | 2023-06-15 | 1 |
| Description |
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| 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. If the Tomcat shutdown port feature is enabled, a shutdown signal can be sent to the ESX Agent Manager through this port. To ensure availability, the shutdown port must be disabled. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| At the command prompt, run the following command: # grep 'base.shutdown.port' /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties Expected result: base.shutdown.port=-1 If the output of the command does not match the expected result, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties Add or modify the setting "base.shutdown.port=-1" in the "catalina.properties" file. Restart the service with the following command: # vmon-cli --restart eam |