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V-222935

CAT II (Medium)

Connectors must be secured.

Rule ID

SV-222935r1137578_rule

STIG

Apache Tomcat Application Server 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R4

CCIs

CCI-000213

Discussion

The unencrypted HTTP protocol does not protect data from interception or alteration which can subject users to eavesdropping, tracking, and the modification of received data. To secure an HTTP connector, both the secure and scheme flags must be set.

Check Content

From the Tomcat server console, run the following command:

sudo cat $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml. 

Examine each &lt;Connector/&gt; element. 

For each connector, verify the secure= flag is set to "true" and the scheme= flag is set to "https" on each connector.

If the secure flag is not set to "true" and/or the scheme flag is not set to "https" for each HTTP connector element, this is a finding.

Fix Text

From the Tomcat server as a privileged user, edit the server.xml file.

sudo nano $CATALINA_BASE/conf/server.xml. 

Locate each &lt;Connector/&gt; element which is lacking a secure setting.  

EXAMPLE Connector:
&lt;Connector port="8080" protocol="HTTP/1.1"
               connectionTimeout="20000"
               redirectPort="443" /&gt;

Set or add scheme="https" and secure="true" for each HTTP connector element.

EXAMPLE:
&lt;Connector port="443" protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" SSLEnabled="true"
    maxThreads="150" scheme="https" secure="true".../&gt;

Save the server.xml file and restart Tomcat:
sudo systemctl restart tomcat
sudo systemctl reload-daemon