ESX Agent Manager must not show directory listings.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256695	VCEM-70-000023	SV-256695r888641_rule		Medium

Description
Enumeration techniques, such as URL parameter manipulation, rely on being able to obtain information about the web server's directory structure by locating directories without default pages. In this scenario, the web server will display to the user a listing of the files in the directory being accessed. Ensuring that directory listing is disabled is one approach to mitigating the vulnerability. In Tomcat, directory listing is disabled by default but can be enabled via the "listings" parameter. Ensure this node is not present to have the default effect.

Description

Enumeration techniques, such as URL parameter manipulation, rely on being able to obtain information about the web server's directory structure by locating directories without default pages. In this scenario, the web server will display to the user a listing of the files in the directory being accessed. Ensuring that directory listing is disabled is one approach to mitigating the vulnerability. In Tomcat, directory listing is disabled by default but can be enabled via the "listings" parameter. Ensure this node is not present to have the default effect.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance EAM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-06-15

Details

Check Text ( C-60370r888639_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/webapps/eam/WEB-INF/web.xml \| sed 's/xmlns=".*"//g' \| xmllint --xpath '//param-name[text()="listings"]/parent::init-param' - Expected result: XPath set is empty If the output of the command does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60313r888640_fix)
Navigate to and open: /usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/webapps/eam/WEB-INF/web.xml Find and remove the entire block returned in the check. Example: listings true Restart the service with the following command: # vmon-cli --restart eam