The vCenter STS service default ROOT web application must be removed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258996	VCST-80-000142	SV-258996r934646_rule		Medium

Description
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.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-10-29

Details

Check Text ( C-62736r934644_chk )
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 (F-62645r934645_fix)
At the command prompt, run the following command: # rm -rf /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/ROOT/*