Title

The Tomcat server must produce log records that contain sufficient information to establish the outcome of events. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Information system logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Log record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application-specific events, success/fail indications, filenames involved, access control or flow control rules invoked. Success and failure indicators ascertain the outcome of a particular application server event or function. As such, they also provide a means to measure the impact of an event and help authorized personnel to determine the appropriate response. Event outcome may also include event-specific results (e.g., the security state of the information system after the event occurred).

Check Content

The handlers for: catalina localhost manager host-manager need to be defined in the logging.properties file. If all 4 handlers are not defined, this is a finding. For each handler the level property should be set to at least ‘FINE’. If the level property is not at least ‘FINE’, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the application server logging system to log the event outcome.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-46463r3_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-35176

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Expert Comments

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