Details
An operating system release is considered supported if the vendor continues to provide security patches for the product. With an unsupported release, it will not be possible to resolve security issues discovered in the system software.
Solution
Upgrade to a supported version.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system VMware.
References
- 800-53|CM-6b.
- CAT|I
- CCI|CCI-000366
- Group-ID|V-39429
- Rule-ID|SV-250569r802864_rule
- STIG-ID|GEN000100-ESXI5-000062
- STIG-Legacy|SV-51287
- STIG-Legacy|V-39429
- Vuln-ID|V-250569