The vAMI must have the correct authentication set for HTTPS connections.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-90233	VRAU-VA-000300	SV-100883r1_rule		Medium

Description
This requirement focuses on communications protection at the application session, versus network packet level. The intent of this control is to establish grounds for confidence at each end of a communications session in the ongoing identity of the other party and in the validity of the information being transmitted. Unique session IDs are the opposite of sequentially generated session IDs, which can be easily guessed by an attacker. Unique session identifiers help to reduce predictability of said identifiers. Unique session IDs address man-in-the-middle attacks, including session hijacking or insertion of false information into a session. If the attacker is unable to identify or guess the session information related to pending application traffic, they will have more difficulty in hijacking the session or otherwise manipulating valid sessions.

Description

This requirement focuses on communications protection at the application session, versus network packet level. The intent of this control is to establish grounds for confidence at each end of a communications session in the ongoing identity of the other party and in the validity of the information being transmitted. Unique session IDs are the opposite of sequentially generated session IDs, which can be easily guessed by an attacker. Unique session identifiers help to reduce predictability of said identifiers. Unique session IDs address man-in-the-middle attacks, including session hijacking or insertion of false information into a session. If the attacker is unable to identify or guess the session information related to pending application traffic, they will have more difficulty in hijacking the session or otherwise manipulating valid sessions.

STIG	Date
VMW vRealize Automation 7.x vAMI Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-89925r1_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep doBasicAuth /opt/vmware/etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfg If the value of "doBasicAuth" is missing, commented out, or not "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-96975r1_fix)
Navigate to and open /opt/vmware/etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfg. Configure the sfcb.cfg file with the following value: 'doBasicAuth: true'