The syslog daemon must not accept remote messages unless it is a syslog server documented using site-defined procedures.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN005480-ESXI5-PNF	GEN005480-ESXI5-PNF	GEN005480-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
Unintentionally running a syslog server that accepts remote messages puts the system at increased risk. Malicious syslog messages sent to the server could exploit vulnerabilities in the server software itself, could introduce misleading information in to the system's logs, or could fill the system's storage leading to a Denial-of-Service. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - The hypervisor does not support this function.

Description

Unintentionally running a syslog server that accepts remote messages puts the system at increased risk. Malicious syslog messages sent to the server could exploit vulnerabilities in the server software itself, could introduce misleading information in to the system's logs, or could fill the system's storage leading to a Denial-of-Service. 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-GEN005480-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-GEN005480-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.