DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 Photon OS v1r2

Audit Details

Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 Photon OS v1r2

Updated: 8/29/2023

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 114

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_VMware_vSphere_7.0_Photon_OS_v1r2.audit

Size: 216 kB

MD5: 430dc05b827d0b9aec5574ca6eed8f19
SHA256: 4e951d8b6518d712c2ca2e21fffece1cba81224aa9d76c422001eb1c7b96f663

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
DISA_STIG_VMware_vSphere_7.0_Photon_OS_v1r2.audit from DISA VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS v1r2 STIG
PHTN-30-000001 - The Photon operating system must audit all account creations.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000002 - The Photon operating system must automatically lock an account when three unsuccessful logon attempts occur.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000003 - The Photon operating system must display the Standard Mandatory DOD Notice and Consent Banner before granting Secure Shell (SSH) access.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000004 - The Photon operating system must limit the number of concurrent sessions to 10 for all accounts and/or account types.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000005 - The Photon operating system must set a session inactivity timeout of 15 minutes or less.

ACCESS CONTROL, MAINTENANCE

PHTN-30-000006 - The Photon operating system must have the sshd SyslogFacility set to 'authpriv'.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000007 - The Photon operating system must have sshd authentication logging enabled.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000008 - The Photon operating system must have the sshd LogLevel set to 'INFO'

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000009 - The Photon operating system must configure sshd to use approved encryption algorithms.

ACCESS CONTROL, MAINTENANCE, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PHTN-30-000010 - The Photon operating system must configure auditd to log to disk.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000011 - The Photon operating system must configure auditd to use the correct log format.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000012 - The Photon operating system must be configured to audit the execution of privileged functions.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000013 - The Photon operating system must have the auditd service running.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PHTN-30-000014 - The Photon operating system audit log must log space limit problems to syslog.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000015 - The Photon operating system audit log must attempt to log audit failures to syslog.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000016 - The Photon operating system audit log must have correct permissions.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000017 - The Photon operating system audit log must be owned by root.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000018 - The Photon operating system audit log must be group-owned by root.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000019 - The Photon operating system must allow only the information system security manager (ISSM) (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited - or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM to select which auditable events are to be audited.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000020 - The Photon operating system must generate audit records when successful/unsuccessful attempts to access privileges occur.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY, MAINTENANCE

PHTN-30-000021 - The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000022 - The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000023 - The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one numeric character be used.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000024 - The Photon operating system must require that new passwords are at least four characters different from the old password.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000025 - The Photon operating system must store only encrypted representations of passwords.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000026 - The Photon operating system must use an OpenSSH server version that does not support protocol 1.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, MAINTENANCE, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PHTN-30-000027 - The Photon operating system must be configured so that passwords for new users are restricted to a 24-hour minimum lifetime.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000028 - The Photon operating system must be configured so that passwords for new users are restricted to a 90-day maximum lifetime.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000029 - The Photon operating system must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000030 - The Photon operating system must enforce a minimum eight-character password length.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000031 - The Photon operating system must require authentication upon booting into single-user and maintenance modes.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000032 - The Photon operating system must disable the loading of unnecessary kernel modules.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000033 - The Photon operating system must not have duplicate User IDs (UIDs).

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000035 - The Photon operating system must disable new accounts immediately upon password expiration.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000036 - The Photon operating system must use Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) syncookies.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PHTN-30-000037 - The Photon operating system must configure sshd to disconnect idle Secure Shell (SSH) sessions.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PHTN-30-000038 - The Photon operating system must configure sshd to disconnect idle Secure Shell (SSH) sessions.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

PHTN-30-000040 - The Photon operating system '/var/log' directory must be owned by root.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PHTN-30-000041 - The Photon operating system messages file must have the correct ownership and file permissions.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

PHTN-30-000042 - The Photon operating system must audit all account modifications.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000043 - The Photon operating system must audit all account modifications.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000044 - The Photon operating system must audit all account disabling actions.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000045 - The Photon operating system must audit all account removal actions.

ACCESS CONTROL

PHTN-30-000046 - The Photon operating system must initiate auditing as part of the boot process.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000047 - The Photon operating system audit files and directories must have correct permissions.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000048 - The Photon operating system must protect audit tools from unauthorized modification and deletion.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000050 - The Photon operating system must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one special character be used.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

PHTN-30-000051 - The Photon operating system package files must not be modified.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

PHTN-30-000054 - The Photon operating system must audit the execution of privileged functions.

ACCESS CONTROL, AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY