| name | cis-tomcat8-v110-2.1 |
| description | Alter the Advertised server.info String (Scored) |
| category | cis-tomcat |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| author | cyberstrike-official |
| tags | ["cis","tomcat","linux","java","information-leakage","server-info"] |
| cis_id | 2.1 |
| cis_benchmark | CIS Apache Tomcat 8 Benchmark v1.1.0 |
| tech_stack | ["linux","tomcat","java"] |
| cwe_ids | [] |
| chains_with | [] |
| prerequisites | [] |
| severity_boost | {} |
Alter the Advertised server.info String (Scored)
Description
The server.info attribute contains the name of the application service. This value is presented to Tomcat clients when clients connect to the tomcat server.
Rationale
Altering the server.info attribute may increase the complexity for attackers to determine which vulnerabilities affect the server platform.
Audit Procedure
Perform the following to determine if the server.info value has been changed. Extract the ServerInfo.properties file and examine the server.info attribute.
$ cd $CATALINA_HOME/lib
$ jar xf catalina.jar org/apache/catalina/util/ServerInfo.properties
$ grep server.info org/apache/catalina/util/ServerInfo.properties
Remediation
Perform the following to alter the server platform string that gets displayed when clients connect to the tomcat server.
- Extract the
ServerInfo.properties file from the catalina.jar file:
$ cd $CATALINA_HOME/lib
$ jar xf catalina.jar org/apache/catalina/util/ServerInfo.properties
- Navigate to the
util directory that was created
cd org/apache/catalina/util
- Open
ServerInfo.properties in an editor
- Update the
server.info attribute in the ServerInfo.properties file.
server.info=<SomeWebServer>
- Update the
catalina.jar with the modified ServerInfo.properties file.
$ jar uf catalina.jar org/apache/catalina/util/ServerInfo.properties
Default Value
The default value for the server.info attribute is Apache Tomcat/<version>. For example, Apache Tomcat/8.5.11.
References
- https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc/security-howto.html