The vCenter Perfcharts service host-manager webapp must be removed.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat provides host management functionality through either a default host-manager webapp or through local editing of the configuration files. The host-manager webapp files must be deleted, and administration must be performed through the local editing of the configuration files.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-259103r934967_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# rm -rf /usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/host-manager