The vCenter STS service must be configured to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-258980 | VCST-80-000062 | SV-258980r934598_rule | CCI-001190 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Determining a safe state for failure and weighing that against a potential denial of service for users depends on what type of application the web server is hosting. It is preferable that the service abort startup on any initialization failure rather than continuing in a degraded, and potentially insecure, state. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-10-29 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-258980r934598_chk)
At the command line, run the following command:
# grep EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/catalina.properties
Example result:
org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE=true
If there are no results, or if the "org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE" is not set to "true", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-62629r934597_fix)
Navigate to and open:
/usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/catalina.properties
Add or change the following line:
org.apache.catalina.startup.EXIT_ON_INIT_FAILURE=true
Restart the service with the following command:
# vmon-cli --restart sts