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tc Server API must have the allowTrace parameter set to false.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-89015 VROM-TC-000695 SV-99665r1_rule Medium
Description
Web servers will often display error messages to client users displaying enough information to aid in the debugging of the error. The information given back in error messages may display the web server type, version, patches installed, plug-ins and modules installed, type of code being used by the hosted application, and any backends being used for data storage.
STIG Date
VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x tc Server Security Technical Implementation Guide 2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-88707r1_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command:

grep allowTrace /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/tomcat-enterprise/conf/server.xml

If “allowTrace” is set to "true", this is a finding.

Note: If no line is returned this is NOT a finding.
Fix Text (F-95757r1_fix)
Navigate to and open /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/tomcat-enterprise/conf/server.xml.

Navigate to and locate the nodes that have 'allowTrace="true"'

Remove the 'allowTrace="true"' setting.