STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 09 Mar 2021:

The Photon operating system must disable the debug-shell service.

DISA Rule

SV-239152r675264_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239152

Group Title

SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000081

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000366 - The organization implements the security configuration settings.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

At the command line, execute the following commands:

# systemctl stop debug-shell.service
# systemctl disable debug-shell.service

Reboot for changes to take effect.

Check Contents

At the command line, execute the following command:

# systemctl status debug-shell.service|grep -E --color=always disabled

If the debug-shell service is not disabled, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-239152

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PHTN-67-000081

Severity Override Guidance

At the command line, execute the following command:

# systemctl status debug-shell.service|grep -E --color=always disabled

If the debug-shell service is not disabled, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5323

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