Re: Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Robert Turner
Nitin, Upgrading the Tomcat version will not remediate those specific findings (they aren't Tomcat version related, but they are related to how the installation was configured/installed) . Newer versions contain numerous fixes, including a number of security fixes, that really should be applied to

Re: Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Darryl Lewis
Then the organisation either needs to get in someone to replace the missing employee, train up a person, or stop using that application. What happens if the server crashes? If there is a bug? You need to update certificates? What happens if you had a security incident? The sever gets hacks and an

Re: Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Nitin Kadam
Thank you Robert for your reply. If we upgrade the tomcat version from the current 8.5.38 to 8.5.61 will this remediate the findings or still we need to delete these files as suggested. Also, is this upgrade is straightforward, or do we need to perform the same with any specific steps, Please sug

Re: Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Nitin Kadam
Hi Darryl - The person who builds this is no more with the organization and in his absence, I have been asked to handle this, I am from a windows administrator background. We only have couple of web apps hosted so no frequent changes happened. There On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 8:49 PM Darryl Lewis

Re: Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Bill Stewart
On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 7:19 AM Nitin Kadam wrote: > Hi Team, > > The internal security team reported below as Security findings. We do not > have anyone from a Tomcat background and for same we need to know the best > steps to resolve this issue. I am thinking you might need to adjust your expec

Re: Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Darryl Lewis
How do you run and support a server technology you know nothing about? Someone must have built it, installed it, and support it. On 22/1/21, 1:25 am, "Nitin Kadam" wrote: Hi Team, The internal security team reported below as Security findings. We do not have anyone from a Tomcat ba

Re: Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Christopher Schultz
Nitin, On 1/21/21 09:17, Nitin Kadam wrote: The internal security team reported below as Security findings. We do not have anyone from a Tomcat background and for same we need to know the best steps to resolve this issue. "Delete the default index page and remove the example JSP and servlets. F

Re: Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Robert Turner
Have a look at https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.5-doc/security-howto.html . The documentation includes the recommendations made by your internal security team, along with others. You may also want to upgrade to 8.5.61 or 9.0.41 to pick up the latest security updates for Tomcat. (latest versions

Security Vulnerability -Default files

2021-01-21 Thread Nitin Kadam
Hi Team, The internal security team reported below as Security findings. We do not have anyone from a Tomcat background and for same we need to know the best steps to resolve this issue. "Delete the default index page and remove the example JSP and servlets. Follow the Tomcat or OWASP instruction