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ErrorReportValve showReport must be set to false.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-222977 TCAT-AS-000940 SV-222977r615938_rule Medium
Description
The Error Report Valve is a simple error handler for HTTP status codes that will generate and return HTML error pages. It can also be configured to return pre-defined static HTML pages for specific status codes and/or exception types. Disabling showReport will result in no error message or stack trace being send to the client. This setting can be tailored on a per-application basis within each application specific web.xml.
STIG Date
Apache Tomcat Application Sever 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-12-11

Details

Check Text ( C-24649r426375_chk )
As an elevated user on the Tomcat server run the following command:

sudo grep -i ErrorReportValve $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml file.

If the ErrorReportValve element is not defined and showReport set to "false", this is a finding.

EXAMPLE:

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Fix Text (F-24638r426376_fix)
As a privileged user on the Tomcat server:

Edit the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml file.

Create or modify an ErrorReportValve element nested beneath each element.

EXAMPLE:
unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="false">
...
showReport="false" />



Restart the Tomcat server:
sudo systemctl restart tomcat
sudo systemctl daemon-reload