cis-tomcat8-v100-7.3

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Ensure className is set correctly in context.xml (Automated)

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7.3 Ensure className is set correctly in context.xml (Automated)

Description

Ensure the className attribute is set to AccessLogValve. The className attribute determines the access log valve to be used for logging.

Rationale

Some log valves are not suited for production and should not be used. Apache recommends org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.

Audit Procedure

Execute the following to ensure className is set properly:

# grep org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve
$CATALINA_BASE/webapps/<app_name>/META-INF/context.xml

Remediation

Add the following statement into the $CATALINA_BASE/webapps/<app_name>/META-INF/context.xml file if it does not already exist.

<Valve
className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve"
directory="$CATALINA_HOME/logs/"
prefix="access_log"
fileDateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd.HH"
suffix=".log"
pattern="%h %t %H cookie:%{SESSIONID}c request:%{SESSIONID}r %m %U %s %q %r"
/>

Default Value

Does not exist by default.

References

https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/config/valve.html

CIS Controls

Controls Version	Control	IG 1	IG 2	IG 3
v8	8.5 Collect Detailed Audit LogsConfigure detailed audit logging for enterprise assets containing sensitive data. Include event source, date, username, timestamp, source addresses, destination addresses, and other useful elements that could assist in a forensic investigation.		●	●
v7	6.3 Enable Detailed LoggingEnable system logging to include detailed information such as an event source, date, user, timestamp, source addresses, destination addresses, and other useful elements.		●	●

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