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V-240792

CAT II (Medium)

tc Server VCO must have mappings set for Java Servlet Pages.

Rule ID

SV-240792r879587_rule

STIG

VMware vRealize Automation 7.x tc Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Resource mapping is the process of tying a particular file type to a process in the web server that can serve that type of file to a requesting client and to identify which file types are not to be delivered to a client. By not specifying which files can and which files cannot be served to a user, the web server could deliver to a user web server configuration files, log files, password files, etc. As a derivative of the Apache Tomcat project, tc Server is a java-based web server. As a result, the main file extension used by tc Server is *.jsp. This check ensures that the *.jsp file type has been properly mapped to servlets.

Check Content

At the command prompt, execute the following command: 

 grep -E '<url-pattern>\*\.jsp</url-pattern>'  -B 2 -A 2 /etc/vco/app-server/web.xml

If the jsp and jspx file extensions have not been mapped to the JSP servlet, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Navigate to and open /etc/vco/app-server/web.xml.

Navigate to and locate the mapping for the JSP servlet. It is the  <servlet-mapping> node that contains <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>.

Configure the <servlet-mapping> node to look like the code snippet below:

    <!-- The mappings for the JSP servlet -->
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
        <url-pattern>*.jspx</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>