The operating system must protect the integrity of information during the processes of data aggregation, packaging, and transformation in preparation for transmission.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-000186-ESXI5-PF	SRG-OS-000186-ESXI5-PF	SRG-OS-000186-ESXI5-PF_rule		Medium

Description
Information can be subjected to unauthorized changes (e.g., malicious and/or unintentional modification) at information aggregation or protocol transformation points. It is therefore imperative the operating system take steps to validate and assure the integrity of data while at these stages of processing. Applicable, but permanent finding - ESXi v5 does not support this requirement.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-000186-ESXI5-PF_chk )
ESXi does not support this requirement. This is a permanent finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-000186-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.