ESX Agent Manager must be configured to limit access to internal packages.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239382	VCEM-67-000011	SV-239382r674640_rule		Medium

Description
The "package.access" entry in the "catalina.properties" file implements access control at the package level. When properly configured, a security exception will be reported if there is an errant or malicious webapp attempt to access the listed internal classes directly or if a new class is defined under the protected packages. The ESX Agent Manager comes preconfigured with the appropriate packages defined in "package.access", and this configuration must be maintained.

Description

The "package.access" entry in the "catalina.properties" file implements access control at the package level. When properly configured, a security exception will be reported if there is an errant or malicious webapp attempt to access the listed internal classes directly or if a new class is defined under the protected packages. The ESX Agent Manager comes preconfigured with the appropriate packages defined in "package.access", and this configuration must be maintained.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 EAM Tomcat Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-06-17

Details

Check Text ( C-42615r674638_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "package.access" -A 5 /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties Expected result: package.access=\ sun.,\ org.apache.catalina.,\ org.apache.coyote.,\ org.apache.tomcat.,\ org.apache.jasper. If the output of the command does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42574r674639_fix)
Navigate to and open: /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties Ensure that the "package.access" line is configured as follows: package.access=\ sun.,\ org.apache.catalina.,\ org.apache.coyote.,\ org.apache.tomcat.,\ org.apache.jasper.