April 22, 2021
PlasmaTree PID-Analyzer must be an integer, when a scalar
line 1054, in histogramdd raise TypeError( TypeError: bins[1] must be an integer, when a scalar
Solution:
Use Smeat's fork for updated numpy prerequisite: https://github.com/Smeat/PID-Analyzer
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February 11, 2021
Disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on ESXi 6.5, et. al. (Enable TLS 1.2)
Problem:
TLS Version 1.0 and 1.1 Protocol Detection (Nessus Plugins #104743 and #157288) on ESXi hosts.
Solution:
To mitigate this, we disable TLS 1.0 and 1.1 on our cluster(s) via SSH shell on our VCSA as well as SSH shell on the ESXi host(s). We ultimately put ESXi hosts into Maintenance mode and reboot. Please see the detailed step below. if for some reason you do not use clusters, then please reference the sources i’v elisted below and be sure to correct the command-line path location whcih has changed in 6.5+; otherwise the commands should work.
Sources:
I’ve used the following resources to enable SSH as well as disable TLS. I am not the originator, and the resources may be slightly stale, but still a very good reference froom which i solved my issues.
- Enable/Disable SSH via PowerCli (short version): https://vmmasterblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/08/enabledisable-ssh-on-all-esxi-hosts/
- Enable/Disable SSH via PowerCli (long version): https://discoposse.com/2013/10/09/powercli-enabling-and-disabling-ssh-on-vsphere-hosts/
- Disable TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 on vCenter as well as ESXI Hosts: http://www.nuthouse.us/vsphere/2018/10/07/TLSDisable.html
Steps:
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Enable SSH and BASH on VCSA (vCenter Server Appliance)
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Disable TLS 1.0 in vCenter. Use the
reconfigureESXcommand to enable only TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2.
(alternatively, only TLS 1.2, if inclined to do so.)
a) ssh into your vCenter and launch the bash shell
b) Execute the command: (note to remove the 1.1 if inclined)
/usr/lib/vmware-TlsReconfigurator/EsxTlsReconfigurator/reconfigureEsx vCenterCluster -c 'MY-CLUSTER' -u 'ADMIN-USER' -p TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2`
, where the cluster is your cluster name and your administrative user is your privileged AD (Active Directory) account or administrator@vsphere.local account. For security reasons, revert SSH and BASH to disabled state on vCenter.
Enable SSH on ESXi hosts and per sources listed above.
Disable TLS 1.0 and TLS1.1 on ESXi host(s) via SSH shell: (alternatively only TLS1.0, edit appropriately)
a) backup existing watchdog config: cp -p /etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfg /etc/sfcb/sfcb.bak
b) stop watchdog: /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog stop
c) disable protocols and set ciphers in sfcb.cfg with new settings:
echo -e "enableSSLv3: false" >> /etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfgecho -e "enableTLSv1: false" >> /etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfgecho -e "enableTLSv1_1: false" >> /etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfgecho -e "enableTLSv1_2: true" >> /etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfgecho -e "sslCipherList:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:HIGH:!AECDH-AES256-SHA:!AECDH-DES-CBC3-SHA:!AECDH-AES128-SHA:!AES128-SHA:!AES128-SHA256:!AES128-GCM-SHA256:!AES256-SHA:!AES256-SHA256:!AES256-GCM-SHA384:!AECDH-AES256-SHA:!CAMELLIA128-SHA:!CAMELLIA256-SHA" >> /etc/sfcb/sfcb.cfg
d) start watchdog: /etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog start
e) backup existing httppproxy config: cp -p /etc/vmware/rhttpproxy/config.xml /etc/vmware/rhttpproxy/config.bak
f) set ciphers with: sed -i '/following node to disable SSL -->/a\ <cipherList>ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:!aNULL:!AES128-SHA:!AES128-SHA256:!AES128-GCM-SHA256:!AES256-SHA:!AES256-SHA256:!AES256-GCM-SHA384<\/cipherList>' /etc/vmware/rhttpproxy/config.xml
g) restart httpproxy: /etc/init.d/rhttpproxy restart
For security reasons, disable SSH again for each ESXi host as per sources listed above.
For Each ESXi host, but only one at a time, enter maintenance-mode, then reboot.
Re-running Nessus scans should now produce clean results for TLS 1.0 (and alternatively TLS 1.1).
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good luck!
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November 27, 2020
Dell iDrac virtual console network connection dropped
Problem:
Dell iDrac Virtual Console viewer failing :
The viewer has terminated. Reason: The network connection has been dropped.
Cause:
Java releases after 8.?? have stricter security settings, disabling 3DES_EDE_CBC.
Solution:
We may unblock 3DES_EDE_CBC to allow iDrac Virtual Console viewer.jnlp to work again.
Linux example:
Use sudo powers to modify your /etc/java-11-openjdk/security/java.security or similar file near line 656. (Locating your java version obviously.) Replace [modify or duplicate with commenting-out]:
jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=SSLv3, RC4, DES, MD5withRSA, DH keySize < 1024, \
EC keySize < 224, 3DES_EDE_CBC, anon, NULL
with
jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms=SSLv3, RC4, DES, MD5withRSA, DH keySize < 1024, \
EC keySize < 224, anon, NULL
In Windows, the file will be C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_271\lib\security\java.security or similar. (Locating your java version obviously.)
Other resources will tell you to comment the entire jdk.tls.disabledAlgorithms line(s), but this will unblock multiple weak securities. At least unblocking the single 3DES_EDE_CBC is less impactful, albeit still less secure than defaults.
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