← Back to VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance STS Security Technical Implementation Guide

V-256753

CAT II (Medium)

The Security Token Service must only run one webapp.

Rule ID

SV-256753r889229_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance STS Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-000381, CCI-001749

Discussion

VMware ships the Security Token Service on the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) with one webapp, in "ROOT.war". Any other ".war" file is potentially malicious and must be removed. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000073, SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000075

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command: 
 
# ls /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/webapps/*.war 
 
Expected result: 
 
/usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/webapps/ROOT.war 
 
If the result of this command does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text

For each unexpected file returned in the check, run the following command: 
 
# rm /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/webapps/<NAME>.war 
 
Restart the service with the following command: 
 
# vmon-cli --restart sts