Stack tracing must be disabled in Apache Tomcat.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-224788	ISEC-06-551200	SV-224788r505933_rule		Medium

Description
The default error page shows a full stack trace, which is a disclosure of sensitive information. Removal of unneeded or non-secure functions, ports, protocols, and services mitigate the risk of unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or other exploitation of these resources. The organization must perform a periodic scan/review of the application (as required by CCI-000384) and disable functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed to be unneeded or non-secure.

Description

The default error page shows a full stack trace, which is a disclosure of sensitive information. Removal of unneeded or non-secure functions, ports, protocols, and services mitigate the risk of unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or other exploitation of these resources. The organization must perform a periodic scan/review of the application (as required by CCI-000384) and disable functions, ports, protocols, and services deemed to be unneeded or non-secure.

STIG	Date
ISEC7 Sphere Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-09-04

Details

Check Text ( C-26479r461620_chk )
Verify stack tracing has been disabled in Apache Tomcat. Navigate to the ISEC7 EMM Suite installation directory: :\Program Files\ISEC7 EMM Suite\web\WEB-INF Open web.xml with Notepad.exe Scroll to the end of the file. Confirm there are no comment tags and the following exists without comment tags: java.lang.Exception /exception.jsp If stack tracing has not been disabled in Apache Tomcat, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-26479r461620_chk )

Verify stack tracing has been disabled in Apache Tomcat.

Navigate to the ISEC7 EMM Suite installation directory: :\Program Files\ISEC7 EMM Suite\web\WEB-INF
Open web.xml with Notepad.exe
Scroll to the end of the file.
Confirm there are no comment tags and the following exists without comment tags:

java.lang.Exception

/exception.jsp

If stack tracing has not been disabled in Apache Tomcat, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-26467r461621_fix)
Remove the default error page by updating the web application web.xml file. Navigate to the ISEC7 EMM Suite installation directory: :\Program Files\ISEC7 EMM Suite\web\WEB-INF Open web.xml with Notepad.exe Scroll to the end of the file. Remove the comment tags Save the changes. This will acknowledge to the user that an exception occurred without showing any trace or source information.