Lighttpd must be protected from being stopped by a non-privileged user.

From VMware vRealize Automation 7.x Lighttpd Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-002385

SV-99961r1_rule Lighttpd must be protected from being stopped by a non-privileged user.

Vulnerability discussion

An attacker has at least two reasons to stop a web server. The first is to cause a DoS, and the second is to put in place changes the attacker made to the web server configuration. To prohibit an attacker from stopping the Lighttpd, the process ID (pid) must be owned by privileged users.

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At the command prompt, execute the following command: ps -f -U root | awk '$0 ~ /vami-lighttpd/ && $0 !~ /awk/ {print}' If the "vami-lighttpd" process is not owned by "root", this is a finding.

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Note: The following command must be ran as root. At the command prompt, execute the following command: /opt/vmware/etc/init.d/vami-lighttpd restart

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