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

The Security Token Service must limit the amount of time that each TCP connection is kept alive.

DISA Rule

SV-239652r679028_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239652

Group Title

SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000001

Rule Version

VCST-67-000001

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000054 - The information system limits the number of concurrent sessions for each organization-defined account and/or account type to an organization-defined number of sessions.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml.

Navigate to each of the <Connector> nodes.

Configure each <Connector> node with the value:

connectionTimeout="60000"

Check Contents

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml | sed '2 s/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '/Server/Service/Connector[@port="${bio-custom.http.port}"]/@connectionTimeout' -

Expected result:

connectionTimeout="60000"

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-239652

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCST-67-000001

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml | sed '2 s/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '/Server/Service/Connector[@port="${bio-custom.http.port}"]/@connectionTimeout' -

Expected result:

connectionTimeout="60000"

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5333

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