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Apache Tomcat Application Server 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • ALLOW_BACKSLASH must be set to false.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When Tomcat is installed behind a proxy configured to only allow access to certain Tomcat contexts (web applications), an HTT...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • ENFORCE_ENCODING_IN_GET_WRITER must be set to true.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Some clients try to guess the character encoding of text media when the mandated default of ISO-8859-1 should be used. Some b...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • Tomcat users in a management role must be approved by the ISSO.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Deploying applications to Tomcat requires a Tomcat user account that is in the "manager-script" role. Any user accounts in a ...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • Hosted applications must be documented in the system security plan.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ISSM/ISSO must be cognizant of all applications operating on the Tomcat server, and must address any security implication...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • Connectors must be approved by the ISSO.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Connectors are how Tomcat receives requests over a network port, passes them to hosted web applications via HTTP or AJP and t...
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  • SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237

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  • Connector address attribute must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Connectors are how Tomcat receives requests over a network port, passes them to hosted web applications via HTTP or AJP, and ...
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  • SRG-APP-000108-AS-000067

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  • The application server must alert the SA and ISSO, at a minimum, in the event of a log processing failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Logs are essential to monitor the health of the system, investigate changes that occurred to the system, or investigate a sec...
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