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AccessLogValve must be configured for Catalina engine.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>The <Engine> container represents the entire request processing machinery associated with a particular Catalina Service. It receives and processes all requests from one or more Connectors, and returns the completed response to the Connector for transmission back to the client. The AccessLogValve will log activity for the Catalina service. Exactly one Engine element MUST be nested inside a Service element, following all of the corresponding Connector elements associated with the Service. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000495-AS-000220, SRG-APP-000381-AS-000089, SRG-APP-000499-AS-000224, SRG-APP-000504-AS-000229</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-222997r879866_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

As a privileged user on the Tomcat server:

Edit the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml file.

Create a <Valve> element that is nested beneath the <Host> element containing an AccessLogValve.