How to disable Host Header validation Check in TIBCO Enterprise Administrator (TEA)

How to disable Host Header validation Check in TIBCO Enterprise Administrator (TEA)

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Article ID: KB0073538

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Products Versions
TIBCO Enterprise Administrator (TEA) 2.4.0

Description

TIBCO Enterprise Administrator (TEA )  version 2.4.0  has the fix to prevent Host Header Attack, as a result, if the host header hostname does not match with the tea server hostname, it will send HTTP 403 Forbidden error like below :
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HTTP ERROR 403 Request's Host header does not match with server's name
URI: /tea/
STATUS: 403
MESSAGE: Request's Host header does not match with server's name
SERVLET: -
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Issue/Introduction

How to disable Host Header validation Check in TIBCO Enterprise Administrator (TEA)

Environment

Product: TIBCO Enterprise Administrator Version :2.4.0 HF01 OS: All

Resolution

For backward compatibility If you would like to disable the host header validation check, you can add the following property in the tea.conf file under <TEA_CONFIG_HOME>\tibco\cfgmgmt\tea\conf folder
tea.server.disablehostheaderverification=true

tea.server.disableoriginheaderverification=true
tea.server.disablerefererheaderverification=true


Note: TIBCO does not recommend disabling this check for security reasons.