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V-256727

CAT II (Medium)

The Lookup Service must not show directory listings.

Rule ID

SV-256727r888772_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Lookup Service Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-001312

Discussion

Enumeration techniques, such as URL parameter manipulation, rely on being able to obtain information about the web server's directory structure by locating directories without default pages. In this scenario, the web server will display to the user a listing of the files in the directory being accessed. Ensuring that directory listing is disabled is one approach to mitigating the vulnerability. In Tomcat, directory listing is disabled by default but can be enabled via the "listings" parameter. Ensure this node is not present to have the default effect.

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/web.xml | sed 's/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '//param-name[text()="listings"]/..' -

Expected result:

<init-param>
      <param-name>listings</param-name>
      <param-value>false</param-value>
</init-param>

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

Fix Text

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/web.xml

Set the <param-value> to "false" in all <param-name>listing</param-name> nodes.

The setting should look like the following:

<init-param>
      <param-name>listings</param-name>
      <param-value>false</param-value>
</init-param>

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart lookupsvc