Lookup Service must disable the shutdown port.

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. If the Tomcat shutdown port feature is enabled, a shutdown signal can be sent to the Lookup Service through this port. To ensure availability, the shutdown port must be disabled.

At the command prompt, run the following commands:

# xmllint --xpath '/Server/@port' /usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/server.xml

Expected result:

port="${base.shutdown.port}"

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

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/server.xml

Ensure the server port is set as follows:

<Server port="${base.shutdown.port}">

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart lookupsvc