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The vCenter STS service must produce log records containing sufficient information regarding event details.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-258974 VCST-80-000014 SV-258974r960891_rule Medium
Description
Remote access can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the server. By recording all remote access activities, it will be possible to determine the attacker's location, intent, and degree of success. Tomcat can be configured with an "AccessLogValve", a component that can be inserted into the request processing pipeline to provide robust access logging. The "AccessLogValve" creates log files in the same format as those created by standard web servers. When "AccessLogValve" is properly configured, log files will contain all the forensic information necessary in the case of a security incident. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000095-AS-000056, SRG-APP-000016-AS-000013, SRG-APP-000096-AS-000059, SRG-APP-000097-AS-000060, SRG-APP-000098-AS-000061, SRG-APP-000099-AS-000062, SRG-APP-000100-AS-000063, SRG-APP-000080-AS-000045, SRG-APP-000089-AS-000050, SRG-APP-000090-AS-000051, SRG-APP-000091-AS-000052, SRG-APP-000343-AS-000030, SRG-APP-000375-AS-000211, SRG-APP-000495-AS-000220, SRG-APP-000499-AS-000224, SRG-APP-000503-AS-000228
STIG Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide 2024-07-11

Details

Check Text ( C-62714r934578_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --xpath '/Server/Service/Engine/Host/Valve[@className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"]/@pattern' /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml

Example result:

pattern="%t %I [Request] "%{User-Agent}i" %{X-Forwarded-For}i/%h:%{remote}p %l %u to local %{local}p - "%r" %H %m %U%q [Response] %s - %b bytes [Perf] process %Dms / commit %Fms / conn [%X]"

Required elements:

%h %{X-Forwarded-For}i %l %t %u "%r" %s %b

If the log pattern does not contain the required elements in any order, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-62623r934579_fix)
Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml

Inside the node, find the "AccessLogValve" node and replace the "pattern" element as follows:

pattern="%t %I [Request] "%{User-Agent}i" %{X-Forwarded-For}i/%h:%{remote}p %l %u to local %{local}p - "%r" %H %m %U%q [Response] %s - %b bytes [Perf] process %Dms / commit %Fms / conn [%X]"

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart sts