The operating system must enforce logical access restrictions associated with changes to the information system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000087-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000087-ESXI5-PNF	SRG-OS-000087-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
When dealing with access restrictions pertaining to change control, it should be noted that any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the information system can potentially have significant effects on the overall security of the system. Accordingly, only qualified and authorized individuals should be allowed to obtain access to operating system for the purpose of initiating changes, including upgrades and modifications. Permanent not a finding - VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either Administrator with: Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning. Admin-level user roles are used.

Description

When dealing with access restrictions pertaining to change control, it should be noted that any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the information system can potentially have significant effects on the overall security of the system. Accordingly, only qualified and authorized individuals should be allowed to obtain access to operating system for the purpose of initiating changes, including upgrades and modifications. Permanent not a finding - VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either Administrator with: Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning. Admin-level user roles are used.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000087-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-SRG-OS-000087-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.