The vCenter Lookup service host-manager webapp must be removed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-259070	VCLU-80-000155	SV-259070r1003622_rule		Medium

Description

Tomcat provides host management functionality through either a default host-manager webapp or through local editing of the configuration files. The host-manager webapp files must be deleted, and administration must be performed through the local editing of the configuration files.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Lookup Service Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-07-11

Details

Check Text (C-62810r1003621_chk)

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# ls -l /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/host-manager

If the host-manager folder exists or contains any content, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62719r934867_fix)

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rm -rf /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/host-manager