Multifactor certificate-based tokens (CAC) must be used when accessing the management interface.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Password authentication does not provide sufficient security control when accessing a management interface. DoD has specified that the CAC will be used when authenticating and passwords will only be used when CAC authentication is not a plausible solution. Tomcat provides the ability to do certificate based authentication and client authentication; therefore, the Tomcat server must be configured to use CAC. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000391-AS-000239, SRG-APP-000392-AS-000240, SRG-APP-000402-AS-000247, SRG-APP-000403-AS-000248</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-222993r879764_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
From the Tomcat server as a privileged user, edit the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps/manager/WEB-INF/web.xml file and modify the auth-method for the manager application security constraint.
sudo nano $CATALINA_BASE/webapps/manager/WEB-INF/web.xml
Locate <auth-method> contained within the <login-config> section, modify <auth-method> to specify CLIENT-CERT.