Title

ColdFusion must have Event Gateway Services disabled when not in use. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Application servers provide a myriad of differing processes, features, and functionalities. Some of these processes may be deemed to be unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DOD system. Event Gateway Services are used to pass events from external sources to ColdFusion components that are specified. Since this gateway is accepting events from external sources, a listener must be present. When enabled, along with the listener, memory, queues, and processes are available for gateway processes. These resources can be used by an attacker and should be disabled if the feature is not being used for hosted applications.

Check Content

Check Event Gateway Service. 1. From the Admin Console Landing Screen, navigate to Event Gateways >> Settings. If Event Gateway is not in use and "Enable ColdFusion Event Gateway Services" is checked, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure Event Gateway Service. 1. From the Admin Console Landing Screen, navigate to Event Gateways >> Settings. 2. Uncheck "Enable ColdFusion Event Gateway Services". 3. Select "Submit Changes".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-279041r1171343_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-279041

Group Title: SRG-APP-000141-AS-000095

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