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V-259030

CAT II (Medium)

The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service default ROOT web application must be removed.

Rule ID

SV-259030r960963_rule

STIG

VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance ESX Agent Manager (EAM) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

The default ROOT web application includes the version of Tomcat being used, links to Tomcat documentation, examples, FAQs, and mailing lists. The default ROOT web application must be removed from a publicly accessible instance and a more appropriate default page shown to users.

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# ls -l /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/ROOT

If the ROOT web application contains any content, this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rm -rf /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/ROOT/*