$CATALINA_HOME folder must be owned by the root user, group tomcat.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-222986 | SRG-APP-000380-AS-000088 | TCAT-AS-001200 | SV-222986r961461_rule | 2025-02-11 | 3 |
| Description |
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| Tomcat file permissions must be restricted. The standard configuration is to have the folder where Tomcat is installed owned by the root user with the group set to tomcat. The $CATALINA_HOME environment variable should be set to the location of the root directory of the "binary" distribution of Tomcat. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Access the Tomcat server from the command line and execute the following OS command: sudo find $CATALINA_HOME -follow -maxdepth 0 \( ! -user root -o ! -group tomcat \) -ls If no folders are displayed, this is not a finding. If results indicate the $CATALINA_HOME folder ownership and group membership is not set to root:tomcat, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Run the following commands on the Tomcat server: sudo find $CATALINA_HOME -maxdepth 0 \( ! -user root \) | sudo xargs chown root sudo find $CATALINA_HOME -maxdepth 0 \( ! -group tomcat \) | sudo xargs chgrp tomcat |