The vCenter Server for Windows must produce audit records containing information to establish what type of events occurred.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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| V-216858 | VCWN-65-000036 | SV-216858r612237_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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| VMW vSphere 6.5 vCenter Server for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2021-06-23 |
Details
| Check Text ( C-18089r366288_chk ) |
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| From the vSphere Web Client go to Host and Clusters >> Select a vCenter Server >> Configure >> Settings >> Advanced Settings. Verify that "config.log.level" value is set to "info". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following command: Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity If the "config.log.level" value is not set to "info" or does not exist, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-18087r366289_fix) |
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| From the vSphere Web Client go to Host and Clusters >> Select a vCenter Server >> Configure >> Settings >> Advanced Settings. Click "Edit" and edit the "config.log.level" setting to "info" or if the value does not exist create it by entering the values in the "Key" and "Value" fields and clicking "Add". or From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the vCenter server run the following command: If the setting already exists: Get-AdvancedSetting -Entity If the setting does not exist: New-AdvancedSetting -Entity |