The centralized process core dump data directory must be owned by root.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN003502-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003502-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003502-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Low

Description
Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contained in the core file, and it must be protected accordingly. If the centralized process core dump data directory is not owned by root, the core dumps contained in the directory may be subject to unauthorized access. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

Description

Process core dumps contain the memory in use by the process when it crashed. Any data the process was handling may be contained in the core file, and it must be protected accordingly. If the centralized process core dump data directory is not owned by root, the core dumps contained in the directory may be subject to unauthorized access. Applicable, but 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-GEN003502-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-GEN003502-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.