The vCenter STS 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-258996r934646_rule
- Version
- VCST-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/*