The vCenter STS service example applications must be removed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258995	VCST-80-000141	SV-258995r960963_rule		Medium

Description

Tomcat provides example applications, documentation, and other directories in the default installation that do not serve a production use. These files must be deleted.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance Secure Token Service (STS) Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-07-11

Details

Check Text (C-62735r934641_chk)

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# ls -l /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/examples

If the examples folder exists or contains any content, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-62644r934642_fix)

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# rm -rf /var/opt/apache-tomcat/webapps/examples