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V-222939

CAT II (Medium)

Date and time of events must be logged.

Rule ID

SV-222939r960894_rule

STIG

Apache Tomcat Application Server 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R4

CCIs

CCI-000131

Discussion

The access logfile format is defined within a Valve that implements the org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve interface within the /opt/tomcat/server.xml configuration file: The %t pattern code is included in the pattern element and logs the date and time of the event. Including the date pattern in the log configuration provides useful information about the time of the event which is critical for troubleshooting and forensic investigations.

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As an elevated user on the Tomcat server:

Edit the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml file.

Review all "Valve" elements.

If the pattern= statement does not include %t, this is a finding.

EXAMPLE:
&lt;Host name="localhost"  appBase="webapps"
            unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="false"&gt;
...
&lt;Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs"
               prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
               pattern="%h %l %t %u &amp;quot;%r&amp;quot; %s %b" /&gt;
  ...
&lt;/Host&gt;

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As a privileged user on the Tomcat server:

Edit the $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml file.

Modify the &lt;Valve&gt; element(s) nested within the &lt;Host&gt; element(s).  

Change the AccessLogValve setting to include %t in the pattern= statement. 

EXAMPLE:
&lt;Host name="localhost"  appBase="webapps"
            unpackWARs="true" autoDeploy="false"&gt;
...
&lt;Valve className="org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve" directory="logs"
               prefix="localhost_access_log" suffix=".txt"
               pattern="%h %l %t %u &amp;quot;%r&amp;quot; %s %b" /&gt;
  ...
&lt;/Host&gt;

Restart the Tomcat server:
sudo systemctl restart tomcat
sudo systemctl daemon-reload