Details

Java Management Extensions (JMX) provides the means to remotely manage the Java VM. When enabling the JMX agent for remote monitoring, the user must enable authentication.

Solution

If using JMX for management of the Tomcat server, start the Tomcat server by adding the following command line flags to the systemd startup scripts in /etc/systemd/system/tomcat.service.

Environment=’CATALINA_OPTS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=true -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=true’

sudo systemctl start tomcat
sudo systemctl daemon-reload

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.ziphttps://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: Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|IA-2(1)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000765
• Rule-ID|SV-222963r615938_rule
• STIG-ID|TCAT-AS-000610
• STIG-Legacy|SV-111451
• STIG-Legacy|V-102509
• Vuln-ID|V-222963

Source

• Tenable.com/audits