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V-256771CAT II — Medium severitySV-256771r961470_rule

The Security Token Service must be configured with the appropriate ports.

Rule version VCST-70-000028 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-09

Discussion

Web servers provide numerous processes, features, and functionalities that use TCP/IP ports. Some of these processes may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production system. The ports that the Security Token Service listens on are configured in the "catalina.properties" file and must be verified as accurate to their shipping state.

Check

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# grep 'bio' /usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/catalina.properties

Expected result:

bio-custom.http.port=7080 bio-custom.https.port=8443 bio-ssl-clientauth.https.port=3128 bio-ssl-localhost.https.port=7444

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

Note: Port 3128 will not be shown in the output prior to 7.0 U3i.

Fix

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-sso/vmware-sts/conf/catalina.properties

Navigate to the ports specification section.

Set the Security Token Service port specifications according to the following list:

bio-custom.http.port=7080 bio-custom.https.port=8443 bio-ssl-clientauth.https.port=3128 bio-ssl-localhost.https.port=7444

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart sts

Identifiers

Group ID
V-256771
Group title
SRG-APP-000383-WSR-000175
Rule ID
SV-256771r961470_rule
Check ID
C-60446r918977_chk
Fix ID
F-60389r918978_fix