The vCenter STS service default documentation must be removed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-258997	VCST-80-000143	SV-258997r960963_rule		Medium

Description

Tomcat provides 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-62737r934647_chk)

At the command prompt, run the following command:

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

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

Fix Text (F-62646r934648_fix)

At the command prompt, run the following command:

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