II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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The shutdown port must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat listens on TCP port 8005 to accept shutdown requests. By connecting to this port and sending the SHUTDOWN command, all...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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Unapproved connectors must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Connectors are how Tomcat receives requests, passes them to hosted web applications, and then sends back the results to the r...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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DefaultServlet debug parameter must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The DefaultServlet serves static resources as well as serves the directory listings (if directory listings are enabled). It i...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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DefaultServlet directory listings parameter must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The DefaultServlet serves static resources as well as directory listings. It is declared globally in $CATALINA_BASE/conf/web....Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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The deployXML attribute must be set to false in hosted environments.
<VulnDiscussion>The Host element controls deployment. Automatic deployment allows for simpler management, but also makes it easier for an att...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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Autodeploy must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat allows auto-deployment of applications while Tomcat is running. This can allow untested or malicious applications to b...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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xpoweredBy attribute must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Individual connectors can be configured to display the Tomcat server info to clients. This information can be used to identif...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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Example applications must be removed.
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat provides example applications, documentation, and other directories in the default installation which do not serve a p...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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Tomcat default ROOT web application must be removed.
<VulnDiscussion>The default ROOT web application includes the version of Tomcat that is being used, links to Tomcat documentation, examples, ...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095
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Documentation must be removed.
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat provides documentation and other directories in the default installation which do not serve a production use. These fi...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000142-AS-000014
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Applications in privileged mode must be approved by the ISSO.
<VulnDiscussion>The privileged attribute controls if a context (application) is allowed to use container provided servlets like the Manager s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000148-AS-000101
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Tomcat management applications must use LDAP realm authentication.
<VulnDiscussion>Using the local user store on a Tomcat installation does not meet a multitude of security control requirements related to use...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000149-AS-000102
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JMX authentication must be secured.
<VulnDiscussion>Java Management Extensions (JMX) provides the means to remotely manage the Java VM. When enabling the JMX agent for remote mo...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000153-AS-000104
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TLS must be enabled on JMX.
<VulnDiscussion>Java Management Extensions (JMX) provides the means for enterprises to remotely manage the Java VM and can be used in place o...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000172-AS-000121
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
LDAP authentication must be secured.
<VulnDiscussion>JNDIRealm is an implementation of the Tomcat Realm interface. Tomcat uses the JNDIRealm to look up users in an LDAP directory...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000175-AS-000124
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DOD root CA certificates must be installed in Tomcat trust store.
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat truststores are used to validate client certificates. On the Ubuntu OS, by default, Tomcat uses the "cacerts" file as ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000176-AS-000125
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Keystore file must be protected.
<VulnDiscussion>Keystore file contains authentication information used to access application data and data resources. Access to the file must...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000179-AS-000129
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Tomcat must use FIPS-validated ciphers on secured connectors.
<VulnDiscussion>Connectors are how Tomcat receives requests over a network port, passes them to hosted web applications via HTTP or AJP, and ...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000211-AS-000146
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Access to JMX management interface must be restricted.
<VulnDiscussion>Java Management Extensions (JMX) is used to provide programmatic access to Tomcat for management purposes. This includes moni...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000211-AS-000146
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Access to Tomcat manager application must be restricted.
<VulnDiscussion>The Tomcat manager application is used to manage the Tomcat server and the applications that run on Tomcat. By default, the m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000219-AS-000147
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Tomcat servers must mutually authenticate proxy or load balancer connections.
<VulnDiscussion>Tomcat servers are often placed behind a proxy when exposed to both trusted and untrusted networks. This is done for security...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000223-AS-000150
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Tomcat must be configured to limit data exposure between applications.
<VulnDiscussion>If RECYCLE_FACADES is true or if a security manager is in use, a new facade object will be created for each request. This red...Rule Low Severity -
SRG-APP-000225-AS-000154
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Clusters must operate on a trusted network.
<VulnDiscussion>Operating a Tomcat cluster on an untrusted network creates potential for unauthorized persons to view or manipulate cluster s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000266-AS-000169
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ErrorReportValve showServerInfo must be set to false.
<VulnDiscussion>The Error Report Valve is a simple error handler for HTTP status codes that will generate and return HTML error pages. It can...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000267-AS-000170
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Default error pages for manager application must be customized.
<VulnDiscussion>Default error pages that accompany the manager application provide educational information on how to configure user accounts ...Rule Low Severity
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