DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 Photon OS v1r3

Audit Details

Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 Photon OS v1r3

Updated: 5/1/2024

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 114

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_VMware_vSphere_7.0_Photon_OS_v1r3.audit

Size: 216 kB

MD5: fdd94b2faea3823da5a230004d99eb34
SHA256: 04897b33f455057b18893f7e8c326183eb8f24382343f55feee91911d1379e32

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
DISA_STIG_VMware_vSphere_7.0_Photon_OS_v1r3.audit from DISA VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS v1r3 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.

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