vSphere UI must not enable support for TRACE requests.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-256803 | VCUI-70-000026 | SV-256803r889408_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 web service will expose information that would be useful to perform a more targeted attack. vSphere UI provides the "allowTrace" parameter as means to disable responding to TRACE requests. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance UI Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-06-15 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-256803r889408_chk)
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# grep allowTrace /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/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-60421r889407_fix)
Navigate to and open:
/usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/conf/server.xml
Navigate to and locate 'allowTrace="true"'.
Remove the 'allowTrace="true"' setting.
Restart the service with the following command:
# vmon-cli --restart vsphere-ui