Performance Charts must disable the shutdown port.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256642	VCPF-70-000032	SV-256642r888417_rule		Medium

Description
An attacker has at least two reasons to stop a web server. The first is to cause a denial of service, and the second is to put in place changes the attacker made to the web server configuration. If the Tomcat shutdown port feature is enabled, a shutdown signal can be sent to Performance Charts through this port. To ensure availability, the shutdown port must be disabled.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-60317r888415_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # grep base.shutdown.port /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/conf/catalina.properties Expected result: base.shutdown.port=-1 If the output of the command does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60260r888416_fix)
Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties Navigate to the ports specification section. Add or modify the following line: base.shutdown.port=-1 Restart the service with the following command: # vmon-cli --restart perfcharts