Information
The vCenter Lookup service must have Autodeploy disabled.
GROUP ID: V-259061RULE ID: SV-259061r960963
Tomcat allows auto-deployment of applications while it is running. This can allow untested or malicious applications to be automatically loaded into production. Autodeploy must be disabled in production.
Solution
Navigate to and open:
/usr/lib/vmware-lookupsvc/conf/server.xml
Navigate to the <Host> node and configure with the value "autoDeploy="false"".
Restart the service with the following command:
vmon-cli --restart lookupsvc