The HPE 3PAR OS must be configured to disable nonessential web-services.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-255270	HP3P-33-001001	SV-255270r870129_rule		Medium

Description
It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. The HPE 3PAR OS does not, by default, operate nonessential services. The web-services component must be configured for it to start. If it is not required by the mission, then it must be disabled.

Description

It is detrimental for operating systems to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives. These unnecessary capabilities or services are often overlooked and therefore may remain unsecured. They increase the risk to the platform by providing additional attack vectors. The HPE 3PAR OS does not, by default, operate nonessential services. The web-services component must be configured for it to start. If it is not required by the mission, then it must be disabled.

STIG	Date
HPE 3PAR StoreServ 3.3.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-11-30

Details

Check Text ( C-58943r870127_chk )
Verify the state of the Optional capabilities on the array. cli% showwsapi If the service state is not "Disabled", and the web-services functionality is not being used, this is a finding. If web services functionality is required, this is not applicable.

Fix Text (F-58887r870128_fix)
If web services functionality is not required, stop and disable web-services: cli% stopwsapi -f