The vAMI must use sfcBasicPAMAuthentication for authentication of the remote administrator.

From VMW vRealize Automation 7.x vAMI Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001184

SV-100879r1_rule The vAMI must use sfcBasicPAMAuthentication for authentication of the remote administrator.

Vulnerability discussion

This control focuses on communications protection at the session, versus packet level. At the application layer, session IDs are tokens generated by web applications to uniquely identify an application user's session. Web applications utilize session tokens or session IDs in order to establish application user identity. Proper use of session IDs addresses man-in-the-middle attacks, including session hijacking or insertion of false information into a session. Application servers must provide the capability to perform mutual authentication. Mutual authentication is when both the client and the server authenticate each other.

Check content

At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep basicAuthLib /opt/vmware/etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfg If the value of "basicAuthLib" is missing, commented out, or not "sfcBasicPAMAuthentication", this is a finding.

Fix text

Navigate to and open /opt/vmware/etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfg. Configure the sfcb.cfg file with the following value: 'basicAuthLib: sfcBasicPAMAuthentication'

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