STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vRealize Operations Manager 6.x tc Server Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 28 Sep 2018:

tc Server CaSa must use the setCharacterEncodingFilter filter.

DISA Rule

SV-99651r1_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-89001

Group Title

SRG-APP-000251-WSR-000157

Rule Version

VROM-TC-000655

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001310 - The information system checks the validity of organization-defined inputs.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Navigate to and open /usr/lib/vmware-casa/casa-webapp/conf/web.xml.

Configure the <web-app> node with the <filter> node listed below.

<filter>
<filter-name>setCharacterEncodingFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.SetCharacterEncodingFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>encoding</param-name>
<param-value>UTF-8</param-value>
<param-name>ignore</param-name>
<param-value>false</param-value>
</init-param>
<async-supported>true</async-supported>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>setCharacterEncodingFilter</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

Check Contents

Navigate to and open /usr/lib/vmware-casa/casa-webapp/conf/web.xml.

Verify that the 'setCharacterEncodingFilter' <filter> has been specified with the following command:

grep -B 2 -A 7 setCharacterEncodingFilter /usr/lib/vmware-casa/casa-webapp/conf/web.xml

If the “setCharacterEncodingFilter” filter has not been specified or is commented out, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-89001

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VROM-TC-000655

Severity Override Guidance

Navigate to and open /usr/lib/vmware-casa/casa-webapp/conf/web.xml.

Verify that the 'setCharacterEncodingFilter' <filter> has been specified with the following command:

grep -B 2 -A 7 setCharacterEncodingFilter /usr/lib/vmware-casa/casa-webapp/conf/web.xml

If the “setCharacterEncodingFilter” filter has not been specified or is commented out, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3441

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