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VCEM-67-000019 - ESX Agent Manager must limit the number of allowed connections.
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Limiting the number of established connections to the ESX Agent Manager is a basic denial-of-service protection. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited can potentially run out of system resources and negatively affect system availability.Solution
Navigate to and open:/usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/conf/server.xml
Configure the <Connector> node with the following value:
acceptCount='300'
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 6.7 EAM Tomcat v1r1
References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001094, Rule-ID|SV-239390r674664_rule, STIG-ID|VCEM-67-000019, Vuln-ID|V-239390
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 1dedb641aa0499f24ea7e70ac859f26e80544a179fe71c8acaf97248f3c93e16