The vCenter STS service must initiate session logging upon startup.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-258973 | VCST-80-000013 | SV-258973r934577_rule | CCI-001464 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and as late as possible when a service is stopped. Many forms of suspicious actions can be detected by analyzing logs for unexpected service starts and stops. Also, by starting to log immediately after a service starts, it becomes more difficult for suspicious activity to go unlogged. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-10-29 | |||
Related Frameworks
2 paths across 2 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AU-14(1)
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001464
1.00
- DISA · V1R1 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-258973r934577_chk)
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# grep StreamRedirectFile /etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/sts-lin.json
Expected output:
"StreamRedirectFile" : "%VMWARE_LOG_DIR%/vmware/sso/sts-runtime.log",
If no log file is specified for the "StreamRedirectFile" setting, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-62622r934576_fix)
Navigate to and open:
/etc/vmware/vmware-vmon/svcCfgfiles/sts-lin.json
Below the last line of the "PreStartCommandArg" block, add the following line:
"StreamRedirectFile" : "%VMWARE_LOG_DIR%/vmware/sso/sts-runtime.log",
Restart the service with the following command:
# vmon-cli --restart sts