V-241721

Discussion

An attacker has at least two reasons to stop a web server. The first is to cause a DoS, and the second is to put in place changes the attacker made to the web server configuration. As a Tomcat derivative, tc Server uses a port (defaults to 8005) as a shutdown port. If enabled, a shutdown signal can be sent to tc Server through this port. To ensure availability, the shutdown port should be disabled.

Check Content

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

grep base.shutdown.port /usr/lib/vmware-vcops/tomcat-enterprise/conf/catalina.properties

If the value of "base.shutdown.port" is not set to "-1" or is missing, this is a finding.