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The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service default ROOT web application must be removed.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The default ROOT web application includes the version of Tomcat being used, links to Tomcat documentation, examples, FAQs, and mailing lists. The default ROOT web application must be removed from a publicly accessible instance and a more appropriate default page shown to users.

ID
SV-259030r934748_rule
Version
VCEM-80-000142
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rm -rf /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/ROOT/*