tc Server VCAC must limit the number of times that each TCP connection is kept alive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-240733	VRAU-TC-000045	SV-240733r673943_rule		Medium

Description
KeepAlive provides long-lived HTTP sessions that allow multiple requests to be sent over the same connection. Enabling KeepAlive mitigates the effects of several types of denial-of-service attacks. An advantage of KeepAlive is the reduced latency in subsequent requests (no handshaking). However, a disadvantage is that server resources are not available to handle other requests while a connection is maintained between the server and the client. tc Server can be configured to limit the number of subsequent requests that one client can submit to the server over an established connection. This limit helps provide a balance between the advantages of KeepAlive, while not allowing any one connection being held too long by any one client. maxKeepAliveRequests is the tc Server attribute that sets this limit.

Description

KeepAlive provides long-lived HTTP sessions that allow multiple requests to be sent over the same connection. Enabling KeepAlive mitigates the effects of several types of denial-of-service attacks. An advantage of KeepAlive is the reduced latency in subsequent requests (no handshaking). However, a disadvantage is that server resources are not available to handle other requests while a connection is maintained between the server and the client. tc Server can be configured to limit the number of subsequent requests that one client can submit to the server over an established connection. This limit helps provide a balance between the advantages of KeepAlive, while not allowing any one connection being held too long by any one client. maxKeepAliveRequests is the tc Server attribute that sets this limit.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x tc Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-06-23

Details

Check Text ( C-43966r673941_chk )
Navigate to and open /etc/vcac/server.xml. Navigate to the node. If the value of "maxKeepAliveRequests" is not set to "15" or is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43925r673942_fix)
Navigate to and open /etc/vcac/server.xml. Navigate to the node. Configure the node with the value 'maxKeepAliveRequests="15"'.