The vCenter VAMI service must restrict access to the web server's private key.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-259147 | SRG-APP-000176-WSR-000096 | VCLD-80-000040 | SV-259147r961041_rule | 2024-07-11 | 2 |
Description
The web server's private key is used to prove the identity of the server to clients and securely exchange the shared secret key used to encrypt communications between the web server and clients. By gaining access to the private key, an attacker can pretend to be an authorized server and decrypt the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) traffic between a client and the web server.
ℹ️ Check
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# stat -c "%n has %a permissions and is owned by %U:%G" /etc/applmgmt/appliance/server.pem
Expected result:
/etc/applmgmt/appliance/server.pem has 600 permissions and is owned by root:root
If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
At the command prompt, run the following commands:
# chown root:root /etc/applmgmt/appliance/server.pem
# chmod 600 /etc/applmgmt/appliance/server.pem