STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 6.7 VAMI-lighttpd Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 09 Mar 2021:

VAMI must protect against or limit the effects of HTTP types of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

DISA Rule

SV-239734r679312_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239734

Group Title

SRG-APP-000246-WSR-000149

Rule Version

VCLD-67-000027

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001094 - The information system restricts the ability of individuals to launch organization-defined denial of service attacks against other information systems.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.

Add or reconfigure the following value:

server.max-fds = 2048

Check Contents

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# /opt/vmware/sbin/vami-lighttpd -p -f /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf|grep "server.max-fds"

Expected result:

server.max-fds = 2048

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

Vulnerability Number

V-239734

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCLD-67-000027

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# /opt/vmware/sbin/vami-lighttpd -p -f /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf|grep "server.max-fds"

Expected result:

server.max-fds = 2048

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

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5335

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