Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-207631 | ESXI-65-000030 | SV-207631r378616_rule | Low |
Description |
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Without establishing what types of events occurred, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events leading up to an outage or attack. |
STIG | Date |
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VMware vSphere 6.5 ESXi Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2021-09-22 |
Check Text ( C-7886r364292_chk ) |
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From the vSphere Web Client select the ESXi Host and go to Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings. Select the Config.HostAgent.log.level value and verify it is set to "info". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host run the following command: Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Config.HostAgent.log.level If the Config.HostAgent.log.level setting is not set to info, this is a finding. Note: Verbose logging level is acceptable for troubleshooting purposes. |
Fix Text (F-7886r364293_fix) |
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From the vSphere Web Client select the ESXi Host and go to Configure >> System >> Advanced System Settings. Click Edit and select the Config.HostAgent.log.level value and configure it to "info". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host run the following commands: Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Config.HostAgent.log.level | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value "info" |