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VCLD-67-000033 - VAMI must be protected from being stopped by a non-privileged user.
Information
An attacker has at least two reasons to stop a web server. The first is to cause a denial of service, and the second is to put in place changes the attacker made to the web server configuration. Therefore, only administrators should ever be able to stop VAMI.The VAMI is configured out of the box to be owned by root. This configuration must be verified and maintained.
Solution
Navigate to and open /usr/lib/systemd/system/vami-lighttp.service in a text editor.Under the '[Service]' section, remove the line that beings with 'User='.
At the command prompt, execute the following command:
# service vami-lighttp restart
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y22M10_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 6.7 VAMI-lighttpd v1r2
References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002385, Rule-ID|SV-239740r816829_rule, STIG-ID|VCLD-67-000033, Vuln-ID|V-239740
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 3bbb739f8c79fb1b1eb305ad607af16aa32ede223d2301458edc09af442d6233