$CATALINA_HOME folder must be owned by the root user, group tomcat.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-222986	TCAT-AS-001200	SV-222986r615938_rule		Medium

Description
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.

STIG	Date
Apache Tomcat Application Sever 9 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-12-27

Details

Check Text ( C-24658r426402_chk )
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 Text (F-24647r426403_fix)
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