Process core dumps must be disabled unless needed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN003500-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003500-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003500-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Low

Description
Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Process core dump files can be of significant size and their use can result in file systems filling to capacity, which may result in denial-of-Service. Process core dumps can be useful for software debugging. Permanent not a finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN003500-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN003500-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.