VAMI must only load allowed server modules.

A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoW system.

VAMI can be configured to load any number of external modules, but only a specific few are provided and supported by VMware. Additional, unexpected modules must be removed.

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# /opt/vmware/sbin/vami-lighttpd -p -f /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf 2>/dev/null|awk '/server\.modules/,/\)/'|sed -e 's/^[ ]*//'

Expected result:

server.modules=( "mod_access", "mod_accesslog", "mod_proxy", "mod_cgi", "mod_rewrite", "mod_magnet", "mod_setenv", #7 )

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Note: The command must be run from a bash shell and not from a shell generated by the "appliance shell". Use the "chsh" command to change the shell for the account to "/bin/bash". Refer to KB Article 2100508 for more details:

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2100508

Navigate to and open:

/opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

Configure the "server.modules" section to the following:

server.modules = ( "mod_access", "mod_accesslog", "mod_proxy", "mod_cgi", "mod_rewrite", ) server.modules += ( "mod_magnet" )

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart applmgmt