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HAProxy vcac frontend must be bound to ports 80 and 443.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-89201 VRAU-HA-000400 SV-99851r1_rule Medium
Description
Web servers provide numerous processes, features, and functionalities that utilize TCP/IP ports. Some of these processes may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production system. The HAProxy load balancer in the vRA appliance listens to ports 80 and 443 on behalf of the vcac service.
STIG Date
VMW vRealize Automation 7.x HA Proxy Security Technical Implementation Guide 2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-88893r1_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command:

grep 'bind' /etc/haproxy/conf.d/20-vcac.cfg

If two lines are not returned, this is a finding.

If the values for bind are not set to "80" and to "443", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-95943r1_fix)
Navigate to and open /etc/haproxy/conf.d/20-vcac.cfg

Navigate to and configure the "frontend https-in" section with the following two values:

bind 0.0.0.0:80
bind 0.0.0.0:443 ssl crt /etc/apache2/server.pem ciphers FIPS:+3DES:!aNULL no-sslv3