vSphere UI must have mappings set for Java servlet pages.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-256790	VCUI-70-000013	SV-256790r889369_rule		Medium

Description

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 the *.jsp and *.jspx file types has been properly mapped to servlets.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance UI Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-06-15

Details

Check Text ( C-60465r889367_chk )
At the command prompt, run the following command: # xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-vsphere-ui/server/conf/web.xml | sed 's/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '/web-app/servlet-mapping/servlet-name[text()="jsp"]/parent::servlet-mapping' - Expected result: jsp *.jsp *.jspx If the .jsp and .jspx file url-patterns are not configured as in the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60408r889368_fix)
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 node that contains jsp. Configure the node to look like the code snippet below: jsp *.jsp *.jspx Restart the service with the following command: # vmon-cli --restart vsphere-ui