Stack tracing must be disabled in Apache Tomcat.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The default error page shows a full stack trace, which is a disclosure of sensitive information. Removal of unneeded or non-secure functions, ports, protocols, and services mitigate the risk of unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or other exploitation of these resources. The organization must perform a periodic scan/review of the application (as required by CCI-000384) and disable functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed to be unneeded or non-secure.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-224788r505933_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Remove the default error page by updating the web application web.xml file.
Navigate to the ISEC7 EMM Suite installation directory: <Drive>:\Program Files\ISEC7 EMM Suite\web\WEB-INF
Open web.xml with Notepad.exe
Scroll to the end of the file.
Remove the comment tags <!--" and "-->