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The portmap or rpcbind service must not be running unless needed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
GEN003810-ESXI5-PNF GEN003810-ESXI5-PNF GEN003810-ESXI5-PNF_rule Medium
Description
The portmap and rpcbind services increase the attack surface of the system and should only be used when needed. The portmap or rpcbind services are used by a variety of services using Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs). Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function (No portmap or rpcbind services).
STIG Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN003810-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-GEN003810-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.