The vCenter Server for Windows must disable the distributed virtual switch health check.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-216834	VCWN-65-000012	SV-216834r612237_rule		Low

Description
Network Healthcheck is disabled by default. Once enabled, the healthcheck packets contain information on host#, vds#, port#, which an attacker would find useful. It is recommended that network healthcheck be used for troubleshooting, and turned off when troubleshooting is finished.

STIG	Date
VMW vSphere 6.5 vCenter Server for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-06-23

Details

Check Text ( C-18065r366216_chk )
From the vSphere Web Client go to Networking >> Select a distributed switch >> Configure >> Settings >> Health Check. View the health check pane and verify both checks are disabled. or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following commands: $vds = Get-VDSwitch $vds.ExtensionData.Config.HealthCheckConfig If the health check feature is enabled on distributed switches and is not on temporarily for troubleshooting purposes, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-18065r366216_chk )

From the vSphere Web Client go to Networking >> Select a distributed switch >> Configure >> Settings >> Health Check. View the health check pane and verify both checks are disabled.

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following commands:
$vds = Get-VDSwitch
$vds.ExtensionData.Config.HealthCheckConfig

If the health check feature is enabled on distributed switches and is not on temporarily for troubleshooting purposes, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-18063r366217_fix)
From the vSphere Web Client go to Networking >> Select a distributed switch >> Configure >> Settings >> Health Check. Click the "Edit" button and disable both health checks. or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following command: Get-View -ViewType DistributedVirtualSwitch \| ?{($_.config.HealthCheckConfig \| ?{$_.enable -notmatch "False"})}\| %{$_.UpdateDVSHealthCheckConfig(@((New-Object Vmware.Vim.VMwareDVSVlanMtuHealthCheckConfig -property @{enable=0}),(New-Object Vmware.Vim.VMwareDVSTeamingHealthCheckConfig -property @{enable=0})))}

Fix Text (F-18063r366217_fix)

From the vSphere Web Client go to Networking >> Select a distributed switch >> Configure >> Settings >> Health Check. Click the "Edit" button and disable both health checks.

or

From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following command:
Get-View -ViewType DistributedVirtualSwitch | ?{($_.config.HealthCheckConfig | ?{$_.enable -notmatch "False"})}| %{$_.UpdateDVSHealthCheckConfig(@((New-Object Vmware.Vim.VMwareDVSVlanMtuHealthCheckConfig -property @{enable=0}),(New-Object Vmware.Vim.VMwareDVSTeamingHealthCheckConfig -property @{enable=0})))}