cis-tomcat8-v100-10.7

DevOps & Security

Turn off session facade recycling (Manual)

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10.7 Turn off session facade recycling (Manual)

Description

The RECYCLE_FACADES can specify if a new facade will be created for each request. If a new facade is not created there is a potential for information leakage from other sessions.

Rationale

When RECYCLE_FACADES is set to false, Tomcat will recycle the session facade between requests which may result in information leakage.

Audit Procedure

Ensure -Dorg.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES=true is added to the startup script which, by default, is located at $CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina.sh.

Remediation

Start Tomcat with RECYCLE_FACADES set to true. Add -Dorg.apache.catalina.connector.RECYCLE_FACADES=true to your startup script.

Default Value

The default value is false.

References

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v8	16.7 Use Standard Hardening Configuration Templates for Application InfrastructureUse standard, industry-recommended hardening configuration templates for application infrastructure components. This includes underlying servers, databases, and web servers, and applies to cloud containers, Platform as a Service (PaaS) components, and SaaS components. Do not allow in-house developed software to weaken configuration hardening.		●	●
v7	5.1 Establish Secure ConfigurationsMaintain documented, standard security configuration standards for all authorized operating systems and software.	●	●	●

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