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V-259136

CAT II (Medium)

The vCenter UI service host-manager webapp must be removed.

Rule ID

SV-259136r1003680_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance User Interface (UI) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Tomcat provides host management functionality through either a default host-manager webapp or through local editing of the configuration files. The host-manager webapp files must be deleted, and administration must be performed through the local editing of the configuration files.

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# ls -l /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/webapps/host-manager

If the host-manager folder exists or contains any content, this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rm -rf /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/webapps/host-manager