The Photon operating system must ship vCenter SSO logs via rsyslog.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239192	PHTN-67-000121	SV-239192r675384_rule		Medium

Description
Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Proper configuration of rsyslog ensures that information critical to forensic analysis of security events is available for future action without any manual offloading or cron jobs. vCenter SSO logs do currently ship with rsyslog by default. The login information contained in the SSO logs is critical to capture for forensic and troubleshooting purposes.

Description

Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Proper configuration of rsyslog ensures that information critical to forensic analysis of security events is available for future action without any manual offloading or cron jobs. vCenter SSO logs do currently ship with rsyslog by default. The login information contained in the SSO logs is critical to capture for forensic and troubleshooting purposes.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-04-15

Details

Check Text ( C-42403r675382_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep -v "^#" /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-sso.conf Expected result: input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/ssoAdminServer.log" Tag="ssoAdmin" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts.log" Tag="ssoIdentitySTS" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/websso.log" Tag="ssoWeb" Severity="info" Facility="local0") If the file does not exist, this is a finding. If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-42403r675382_chk )

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# grep -v "^#" /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-sso.conf

Expected result:

input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/ssoAdminServer.log"
Tag="ssoAdmin"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts.log"
Tag="ssoIdentitySTS"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/websso.log"
Tag="ssoWeb"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

If the file does not exist, this is a finding.

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42362r675383_fix)
Open /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-vami.conf with a text editor. Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/ssoAdminServer.log" Tag="ssoAdmin" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts.log" Tag="ssoIdentitySTS" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/websso.log" Tag="ssoWeb" Severity="info" Facility="local0")

Fix Text (F-42362r675383_fix)

Open /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-vami.conf with a text editor.

Create the file if it does not exist.

Set the contents of the file as follows:

input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/ssoAdminServer.log"
Tag="ssoAdmin"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/vmware-identity-sts.log"
Tag="ssoIdentitySTS"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/websso.log"
Tag="ssoWeb"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")