'TCAT-AS-000570 - Tomcat default ROOT web application must be removed.' (Vuln ID: V-222959)

Products

• CA Spectrum
• DX NetOps

Issue/Introduction

Is it possible to remove the ROOT directory?

Tomcat/webapps has ROOT directory, webtomcat/webapps does not

Environment

Release : 21.2

 

Resolution

The ROOT application does not need to be removed.

The DX Netops Spectrum deployment of ROOT only includes an icon file and an HTML file that redirects to the default Spectrum Webapp:

Thus this is not a finding for Spectrum.