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V-255861

CAT II (Medium)

The WebSphere Application Server must disable JSP class reloading.

Rule ID

SV-255861r960963_rule

STIG

IBM WebSphere Traditional V9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R1

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Application servers provide a myriad of differing processes, features, and functionalities. Some of these processes may be deemed to be unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. Application servers must provide the capability to disable or deactivate functionality and services that are deemed to be non-essential to the server mission or can adversely impact server performance, for example, disabling dynamic JSP reloading on production application servers as a best practice.

Check Content

From admin console, navigate to: Applications >> All applications >> [application name] >> JSP and JSP options.

If "JSP enable class reloading" is checked, this is a finding.

Fix Text

To disable JSP reloading:

From the admin console, navigate to: Applications >> All applications >> [application name] >> JSP and JSP options.

Uncheck "JSP enable class reloading".