Details

The maxHttpHeaderSize limits the size of the request and response headers defined in bytes.

Rationale:

Limiting the size of the header request can help protect against Denial of Service (DoS) requests.

Solution

Set maxHttpHeaderSize for each connector in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml to the appropriate setting.

maxHttpHeaderSize=’8192′

Default Value:

The default is 8192 bytes.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/3090

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|CM-6
• CSCv7|5.1

Source

• Tenable.com/audits