The operating system must prevent encrypted data from bypassing content checking mechanisms.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000012-ESXI5-PF	SRG-OS-000012-ESXI5-PF	SRG-OS-000012-ESXI5-PF_rule		Medium

Description
Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within an information system and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the information) and without explicit regard to subsequent accesses to the information. When data is encrypted, mechanisms designed to examine data content to detect attacks or malicious code are unable to accomplish this task unless they are capable of decrypting the data. Applicable, but permanent finding - The hypervisor does not support this functionality.

Description

Information flow control regulates where information is allowed to travel within an information system and between information systems (as opposed to who is allowed to access the information) and without explicit regard to subsequent accesses to the information. When data is encrypted, mechanisms designed to examine data content to detect attacks or malicious code are unable to accomplish this task unless they are capable of decrypting the data. Applicable, but permanent finding - The hypervisor does not support this functionality.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000012-ESXI5-PF_chk )
ESXi does not support this requirement. This is a permanent finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000012-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.