WBSP-AS-001470 - The WebSphere Application Server must be configured to perform complete application deployments when using A/B clusters.

Information

Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure of the information system or a component of the system.

When an application is deployed to the application server, if the deployment process does not complete properly and without errors, there is the potential that some application files may not be deployed or may be corrupted and an application error may occur during runtime.

The application server must be able to perform complete application deployments. A partial deployment can leave the server in an inconsistent state. Application servers may provide a transaction rollback function to address this issue.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

From the administration console, select WebSphere application server clusters.

Select each cluster name.

Select cluster members >> Details.

Set all cluster members configured weight to a non-zero value.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_IBM_WebSphere_Traditional_V9-x_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-24, CAT|III, CCI|CCI-001190, Rule-ID|SV-96091r1_rule, STIG-ID|WBSP-AS-001470, Vuln-ID|V-81377

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: e9f6367e624f8e941d414030909374a85086a38ec45d55737925cafd63d25a9a