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ESX Agent Manager must limit the number of allowed connections.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-239390 VCEM-67-000019 SV-239390r674664_rule Medium
Description
Limiting the number of established connections to the ESX Agent Manager is a basic denial-of-service protection. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited can potentially run out of system resources and negatively affect system availability.
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 EAM Tomcat Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-04-15

Details

Check Text ( C-42623r674662_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# xmllint --xpath '/Server/Service/Connector/@acceptCount' /usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/conf/server.xml

Expected result:

acceptCount="300"

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-42582r674663_fix)
Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/conf/server.xml

Configure the node with the following value:

acceptCount="300"