Detections
Analytics
VCLD-80-000031 The vCenter VAMI service must explicitly disable Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) mime mappings based on "Content-Type".
Information
Controlling what a user of a hosted application can access is part of the security posture of the web server. Any time a user can access more functionality than is needed for the operation of the hosted application poses a security issue. A user with too much access can view information that is not needed for the user's job role, or the user could use the function in an unintentional manner.A MIME tells the web server what type of program various file types and extensions are and what external utilities or programs are needed to execute the file type. A limited number of MIME types must be configured manually, and automatic mapping must be disabled.
Solution
Navigate to and open:/var/lib/vmware/cap-lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
Add or reconfigure the following value:
mimetype.use-xattr = "disable"
Restart the service with the following command:
# systemctl restart cap-lighttpd
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y24M08_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-259143r1003697_rule, STIG-ID|VCLD-80-000031, Vuln-ID|V-259143
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: d330bf5521922da68ceeca7d3ed477a279d8467da93af0b636f43bcad1a21495