Performance Charts must hide the server version.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256636	VCPF-70-000026	SV-256636r888399_rule		Medium

Description
Web servers will often display error messages to client users, including enough information to aid in the debugging of the error. The information given back in error messages may display the web server type, version, patches installed, plug-ins and modules installed, type of code being used by the hosted application, and any backends being used for data storage. This information could be used by an attacker to blueprint what type of attacks might be successful. Therefore, Performance Charts must be configured with a catchall error handler that redirects to a standard "error.jsp".

Description

Web servers will often display error messages to client users, including enough information to aid in the debugging of the error. The information given back in error messages may display the web server type, version, patches installed, plug-ins and modules installed, type of code being used by the hosted application, and any backends being used for data storage. This information could be used by an attacker to blueprint what type of attacks might be successful. Therefore, Performance Charts must be configured with a catchall error handler that redirects to a standard "error.jsp".

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Perfcharts Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-02-21

Details

Check Text ( C-60311r888397_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # xmllint --xpath '/Server/Service/Connector/@server' /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/server.xml Expected result: server="Anonymous" If the output of the command does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60254r888398_fix)
Navigate to and open: /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/server.xml Configure the node with the following value: server="Anonymous" Restart the service with the following command: # vmon-cli --restart perfcharts