JMX authentication must be secured.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
Java Management Extensions (JMX) provides the means to remotely manage the Java VM. When enabling the JMX agent for remote monitoring, the user must enable authentication.
- ID
- SV-222963r960972_rule
- Version
- TCAT-AS-000610
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
If using JMX for management of the Tomcat server, start the Tomcat server by adding the following command line flags to the systemd startup scripts in /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service.
Environment='CATALINA_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=true'
sudo systemctl start tomcat
sudo systemctl daemon-reload