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GEN008500-ESXI5-000123 - The system must have IEEE 1394 (Firewire) disabled unless needed - Firewire disabled unless needed

Information

Firewire is a common computer peripheral interface. Firewire devices may include storage devices that could be used to install malicious software on a system or exfiltrate data.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

To modify hardware enabled options: Interrupt the host computer's boot process and enter the BIOS menu. Inspect the menu option for IEEE 1394 device connectivity. Disable IEEE 1394.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_ESXi5_Server_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000366, Group-ID|V-39291, Rule-ID|SV-250610r798829_rule, STIG-ID|GEN008500-ESXI5-000123, STIG-Legacy|SV-51107, STIG-Legacy|V-39291, Vuln-ID|V-250610

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: b2eaf1c5b2e6a23d1e40f4e6f04604fa7a516702d706c4aad9d2f7ecd86ef115