VCPF-67-000001 – Performance Charts must limit the amount of time that each TCP connection is kept alive. Details Denial of service (DoS) is one threat against web servers. Many DoS attacks attempt to consume web server resources...
VCPF-67-000002 – Performance Charts must limit the number of concurrent connections permitted. Details Resource exhaustion can occur when an unlimited number of concurrent requests are allowed on a website, facilitating a denial-of-service...
VCPF-67-000003 – Performance Charts must limit the maximum size of a POST request. Details The ‘maxPostSize’ value is the maximum size in bytes of the POST that will be handled by the container...
VCPF-67-000004 – Performance Charts must protect cookies from cross-site scripting (XSS). Details Cookies are a common way to save session state over the HTTP(S) protocol. If an attacker can compromise session...
VCPF-67-000005 – Performance Charts must record user access in a format that enables monitoring of remote access. Details Remote access can be exploited by an attacker to compromise the server. By recording all remote access activities, it...
VCPF-67-000006 – Performance Charts must generate log records for system startup and shutdown. Details Logging must be started as soon as possible when a service starts and when a service is stopped. Many...
VCPF-67-000007 – Performance Charts log files must only be modifiable by privileged users. Details Log data is essential in the investigation of events. The accuracy of the information is always pertinent. One of...
VCPF-67-000008 – Performance Charts application files must be verified for their integrity. Details Verifying that the Security Token Service application code is unchanged from its shipping state is essential for file validation...
VCPF-67-000009 – Performance Charts must only run one web app. Details VMware ships Performance Charts on the VCSA with one web app. Any other path is potentially malicious and must...
VCPF-67-000010 – Performance Charts must not be configured with unsupported realms. Details Performance Charts performs user authentication at the application level and not through Tomcat. Depending on the VCSA version, Performance...