cis-tomcat101-10.16

DevOps & Security

Enable memory leak listener (Automated)

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10.16 Enable memory leak listener (Automated)

Description

The JRE Memory Leak Prevention Listener provides work-arounds for known places where the Java Runtime uses the context class loader to load a singleton as this will cause a memory leak if a web application class loader happens to be the context class loader at the time. The work-around is to initialize these singletons when this listener starts as Tomcat's common class loader is the context class loader at that time. It also provides work-arounds for known issues that can result in locked JAR files.

Rationale

Enabling the JRE Memory Leak Prevention Listener provides work-arounds for preventing memory leaks.

Audit Procedure

Ensure this line is present and not commented out in the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml:

<Listener
className="org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener" />

Remediation

Uncomment the JRE Memory Leak Prevention Listener in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml

<Listener
className="org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener" />

References

https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/config/listeners.html#JRE_Memory_Leak_Prevention_Listener_-_org.apache.catalina.core.JreMemoryLeakPreventionListener

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v8	4 Secure Configuration of Enterprise Assets and SoftwareEstablish and maintain the secure configuration of enterprise assets (end-user devices, including portable and mobile; network devices; non-computing/IoT devices; and servers) and software (operating systems and applications).
v7	5.1 Establish Secure ConfigurationsMaintain documented, standard security configuration standards for all authorized operating systems and software.	●	●	●

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