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Apache Tomcat Application Server 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • Multifactor certificate-based tokens (CAC) must be used when accessing the management interface.

    <VulnDiscussion>Password authentication does not provide sufficient security control when accessing a management interface. DOD has specified...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000427-AS-000264

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Certificates in the trust store must be issued/signed by an approved CA.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of self-signed certificates creates a lack of integrity and invalidates the certificate based authentication trust model....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000435-AS-000069

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The application server, when categorized as a high availability system within RMF, must be in a high-availability (HA) cluster.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A MAC I system is a system that handles data vital to the organization's operational readiness or effectiveness of deployed o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000435-AS-000163

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Tomcat server must be patched for security vulnerabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Tomcat is constantly being updated to address newly discovered vulnerabilities, some of which include denial-of-service attac...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000495-AS-000220

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • AccessLogValve must be configured for Catalina engine.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The &lt;Engine&gt; container represents the entire request processing machinery associated with a particular Catalina Service...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000504-AS-000229

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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