$CATALINA_HOME folder must be owned by the root user, group tomcat.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat file permissions must be restricted. The standard configuration is to have the folder where Tomcat is installed owned by the root user with the group set to tomcat. The $CATALINA_HOME environment variable should be set to the location of the root directory of the "binary" distribution of Tomcat.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-222986r879753_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Run the following commands on the Tomcat server:
sudo find $CATALINA_HOME -maxdepth 0 \( ! -user root \) | sudo xargs chown root
sudo find $CATALINA_HOME -maxdepth 0 \( ! -group tomcat \) | sudo xargs chgrp tomcat