Detections
Analytics
ESXI-06-100042 - The VMM must automatically terminate a user session after inactivity timeouts have expired or at shutdown by setting an idle timeout on shell services.
Information
When the ESXi Shell or SSH services are enabled on a host they will run indefinitely. To avoid having these services left running set the ESXiShellTimeOut. The ESXiShellTimeOut defines a window of time after which the ESXi Shell and SSH services will automatically be terminated.Solution
From the vSphere Client select the ESXi Host and go to Configuration >> Advanced Settings. Select the UserVars.ESXiShellTimeOut value and configure it to 600.or
From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host run the following commands:
Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name UserVars.ESXiShellTimeOut | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 600
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMware_vSphere_6-0_ESXi_V1R5_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 STIG v1r5
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-12, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002361, Group-ID|V-63775, Rule-ID|SV-78265r1_rule, STIG-ID|ESXI-06-100042, Vuln-ID|V-63775
Plugin: VMware
Control ID: c45cbd302ba5c7b0c836c6cd78e4357013cbff441ee627af7e62cd8a7a891980