The Security Token Service must not enable support for TRACE requests.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-256769 | VCST-70-000025 | SV-256769r889277_rule | CCI-001312 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| "TRACE" is a technique for a user to request internal information about Tomcat. This is useful during product development but should not be enabled in production. Allowing an attacker to conduct a TRACE operation against the Security Token Service will expose information that would be useful to perform a more targeted attack. The Security Token Service provides the "allowTrace" parameter as means to disable responding to TRACE requests. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance STS Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-06-15 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-256769r889277_chk)
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# grep allowTrace /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml
If "allowTrace" is set to "true", this is a finding.
If no line is returned, this is not a finding.
Fix Text (F-60387r889276_fix)
Navigate to and open:
/usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/server.xml
Locate and remove the 'allowTrace="true"' setting.
Restart the service with the following command:
# vmon-cli --restart sts