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XCCDF
Apache Tomcat Application Server 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237
SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000516-AS-000237
1 Rule
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ENFORCE_ENCODING_IN_GET_WRITER must be set to true.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>Some clients try to guess the character encoding of text media when the mandated default of ISO-8859-1 should be used. Some browsers will interpret as UTF-7 when the characters are safe for ISO-8859-1. This can create the potential for a XSS attack. To defend against this, enforce_encoding_in_get_writer must be set to true.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>