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The anonymous FTP account must be configured to use chroot or a similarly isolated environment.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
GEN005020-ESXI5-PNF GEN005020-ESXI5-PNF GEN005020-ESXI5-PNF_rule Medium
Description
If an anonymous FTP account does not use a chroot or similarly isolated environment, the system may be more vulnerable to exploits against the FTP service. Such exploits could allow an attacker to gain shell access to the system and view, edit, or remove sensitive files. 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-GEN005020-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-GEN005020-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.