AccessLogValve must be configured for Catalina engine.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-222997	TCAT-AS-001560	SV-222997r879866_rule		Medium

Description
The <Engine> container represents the entire request processing machinery associated with a particular Catalina Service. It receives and processes all requests from one or more Connectors, and returns the completed response to the Connector for transmission back to the client. The AccessLogValve will log activity for the Catalina service. Exactly one Engine element MUST be nested inside a Service element, following all of the corresponding Connector elements associated with the Service. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000495-AS-000220, SRG-APP-000381-AS-000089, SRG-APP-000499-AS-000224, SRG-APP-000504-AS-000229

Description

The <Engine> container represents the entire request processing machinery associated with a particular Catalina Service. It receives and processes all requests from one or more Connectors, and returns the completed response to the Connector for transmission back to the client. The AccessLogValve will log activity for the Catalina service. Exactly one Engine element MUST be nested inside a Service element, following all of the corresponding Connector elements associated with the Service. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000495-AS-000220, SRG-APP-000381-AS-000089, SRG-APP-000499-AS-000224, SRG-APP-000504-AS-000229

STIG	Date
Apache Tomcat Application Server 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-09-13

Details

Check Text ( C-24669r426435_chk )
As an elevated user on the Tomcat server: Edit the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml file. Review the element. Ensure one AccessLog element is nested within the Engine element. If a element is not defined, this is a finding. EXAMPLE: ... prefix="catalina_access_log" suffix=".txt" pattern="common"/> ...

Fix Text (F-24658r426436_fix)
As a privileged user on the Tomcat server: Edit the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml file. Create a element that is nested beneath the element containing an AccessLogValve. EXAMPLE: unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="false"> ... prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt" pattern="%h %l %t %u "%r" %s %b" /> ... Restart the Tomcat server: sudo systemctl restart tomcat sudo systemctl daemon-reload