Details

Tomcat provides example applications, documentation, and other directories in the default installation which do not serve a production use. These files must be deleted.

Solution

From the Tomcat server OS type the following command:

sudo rm -rf $CATALINA_BASE/webapps/examples

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apache_Tomcat_Application_Server_9_V2R3_STIG.zip

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-7a.
• CAT|III
• CCI|CCI-000381
• CSCv6|9.1
• Rule-ID|SV-222958r615938_rule
• STIG-ID|TCAT-AS-000560
• STIG-Legacy|SV-111441
• STIG-Legacy|V-102499
• Vuln-ID|V-222958

Source

• Tenable.com/audits