Security Token Service log data and records must be backed up onto a different system or media.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256775	VCST-70-000050	SV-256775r889295_rule		Medium

Description

Protection of Security Token Service log data includes ensuring log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Backing up Security Token Service log records to an unrelated system or onto separate media than the system the web server is running on helps to ensure that, in the event of a catastrophic system failure, the log records will be retained. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071, SRG-APP-000358-WSR-000163

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

Details

Check Text ( C-60450r889293_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # rpm -V VMware-visl-integration|grep vmware-services-sso-services.conf|grep "^..5......" If the command returns any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60393r889294_fix)

Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-syslog/vmware-services-sso-services.conf Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: #vmidentity logs input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/activedirectoryservice.log" Tag="activedirectoryservice" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/lookupsvc-init.log" Tag="ssolookupsvc-init" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/openidconnect.log" Tag="openidconnect" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/ssoAdminServer.log" Tag="ssoadminserver" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/svcaccountmgmt.log" Tag="svcaccountmgmt" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tokenservice.log" Tag="tokenservice" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}Z" Facility="local0") #sts health log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-health-status.log.*" Tag="sts-health-status" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2} [[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2},[[:digit:]]{0,4}" Facility="local0") #sts runtime log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/sts-runtime.log.*" Tag="sts-runtime" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #gclogFile.0.current log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/gclogFile.*.current" Tag="gclog" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" startmsg.regex="^[[:digit:]]{4}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}-[[:digit:]]{1,2}T[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}:[[:digit:]]{1,2}.[[:digit:]]{0,3}+[[:digit:]]{0,4}" Facility="local0") #tomcat log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/sso/tomcat/localhost_access.log" Tag="sso-tomcat" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vmdir log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vmdir/*.log" Tag="vmdir" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" Facility="local0") #vmafd log input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vmafd/*.log" Tag="vmafd" PersistStateInterval="200" Severity="info" Facility="local0")