V-256683

Discussion

The "package.access" entry in the "catalina.properties" file implements access control at the package level. When properly configured, a Security Exception will be reported if an errant or malicious webapp attempts to access the listed internal classes directly or if a new class is defined under the protected packages. The ESX Agent Manager comes preconfigured with the appropriate packages defined in "package.access", and this configuration must be maintained.

Check Content

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# grep "package.access" -A 5 /etc/vmware-eam/catalina.properties

Expected result:

package.access=\
sun.,\
org.apache.catalina.,\
org.apache.coyote.,\
org.apache.tomcat.,\
org.apache.jasper.

If the output of the command does not match the expected result, this is a finding.