10.4 Force SSL when accessing the manager application

Information

Use the transport-guarantee attribute to ensure SSL protection when accessing the manager application.

Rationale:

By default when accessing the manager application, login information is sent over the wire in plain text. By setting the transport-guarantee within web.xml, SSL is enforced.

Note: This requires SSL to be configured.

Solution

Set <transport-guarantee> to CONFIDENTIAL in $CATALINA_HOME/webapps/manager/WEB-INF/web.xml:

<security-constraint>
<user-data-constraint>
<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
<user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>

Default Value:

By default this configuration is not present.

References:

https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Securing_tomcat

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/2506

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-8, CSCv7|14.4

Plugin: Unix

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