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The system's access control program must be configured to grant or deny system access to specific hosts.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
GEN006620-ESXI5-PF GEN006620-ESXI5-PF GEN006620-ESXI5-PF_rule Medium
Description
If the system's access control program is not configured with appropriate rules for allowing and denying access to system network resources, services may be accessible to unauthorized hosts. Applicable, but permanent finding, due to the lack of hosts.allow|deny. This requirement "might" be potentially satisfied via use of the firewall (range of addresses).
STIG Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN006620-ESXI5-PF_chk )
ESXi does not support this requirement. This is a permanent finding.
Fix Text (F-GEN006620-ESXI5-PF_fix)
This requirement is a permanent finding and cannot be fixed. An appropriate mitigation for the system must be implemented but this finding cannot be considered fixed.