cis-tomcat8-v100-9.2

DevOps & Security

Disable deploy on startup of applications (Automated)

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9.2 Disable deploy on startup of applications (Automated)

Description

Tomcat allows auto deployment of applications on startup. It is recommended that this capability be disabled.

Rationale

This could allow malicious or untested applications to be deployed and should be disabled.

Audit Procedure

Perform the following to ensure deployOnStartup is set to false.

# grep "deployOnStartup" $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml

Remediation

In the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml file, change deployOnStartup to false.

deployOnStartup="false"

Default Value

deployOnStartup is set to true.

References

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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Level 2