VCUI-67-000012 - vSphere UI must have mappings set for Java servlet pages.

Information

Resource mapping is the process of tying a particular file type to a process in the web server that can serve that type of file to a requesting client and identify which file types are not to be delivered to a client.

By not specifying which files can and cannot be served to a user, the web server could deliver to a user web server configuration files, log files, password files, etc.

As Tomcat is a Java-based web server, the main file extension used is *.jsp. This check ensures that the *.jsp and *.jspx file types has been properly mapped to servlets.

Solution

Navigate to and open /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/conf/web.xml.

Navigate to and locate the mapping for the JSP servlet. It is the <servlet-mapping> node that contains <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>.

Configure the <servlet-mapping> node to look like the code snippet below:

<!-- The mappings for the JSP servlet -->
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
<url-pattern>*.jspx</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-239693r879587_rule, STIG-ID|VCUI-67-000012, Vuln-ID|V-239693

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 5bb4f82b1c244734e72c7d6e9aad2bd3ee46f0dd2d41b5dd8ab3b1dbe11b7dd3