The system must ensure the vpxuser auto-password change meets policy.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000145	SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000145	SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000145_rule		Medium

Description
By default, the vpxuser password will be automatically changed by vCenter every 30 days. Ensure this setting meets your policies; if not, configure to meet password aging policies. NOTE: It is very important the password aging policy not be shorter than the default interval that is set to automatically change the vpxuser password, to preclude the possibility that vCenter might get locked out of an ESXi host.

Description

By default, the vpxuser password will be automatically changed by vCenter every 30 days. Ensure this setting meets your policies; if not, configure to meet password aging policies. NOTE: It is very important the password aging policy not be shorter than the default interval that is set to automatically change the vpxuser password, to preclude the possibility that vCenter might get locked out of an ESXi host.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000145_chk )
From the vSphere client select "Administration >> vCenter Server Settings >> Advanced Settings". Verify that the "VirtualCenter.VimPasswordExpirationInDays" keyword is set to 60 or less. The default keyword value is 30 days and it is strongly recommended that this value not be changed from "30". If the "VirtualCenter.VimPasswordExpirationInDays" keyword setting is greater than 60, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000145_chk )

From the vSphere client select "Administration >> vCenter Server Settings >> Advanced Settings". Verify that the "VirtualCenter.VimPasswordExpirationInDays" keyword is set to 60 or less. The default keyword value is 30 days and it is strongly recommended that this value not be changed from "30".

If the "VirtualCenter.VimPasswordExpirationInDays" keyword setting is greater than 60, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-SRG-OS-99999-ESXI5-000145_fix)
From the vSphere client select "Administration >> vCenter Server Settings >> Advanced Settings". Set the "VirtualCenter.VimPasswordExpirationInDays" to 60 or less. Note that it is strongly recommended that this value not be changed from "30".