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VCLU-70-000019 - Lookup Service must limit the number of allowed connections.
Information
Limiting the number of established connections is a basic denial-of-service protection and a best practice. Servers where the limit is too high or unlimited could run out of system resources and negatively affect system availability.Solution
Navigate to and open:/usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/server.xml
Navigate to the <Connector> configured with port='${bio-custom.http.port}'.
Add or change the following value:
acceptCount='100'
Restart the service with the following command:
# vmon-cli --restart lookupsvc
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y23M07_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 Lookup Service v1r2
Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION
References: 800-53|SC-5(1), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001094, Rule-ID|SV-256724r888763_rule, STIG-ID|VCLU-70-000019, Vuln-ID|V-256724
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 5eb77f762d54101331f88394f94f31df7918c3a689224258f69d82bc12695fe2