Disabling the AJP protocol Apache Tomcat(R) to prevent the GhostCat vulnerability does not affect TIBCO iProcess(R) products

Disabling the AJP protocol Apache Tomcat(R) to prevent the GhostCat vulnerability does not affect TIBCO iProcess(R) products

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Article ID: KB0075941

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Products Versions
TIBCO iProcess Engine (Oracle) All Supported Versions
TIBCO iProcess Engine (DB2) All Supported Versions
TIBCO iProcess Workspace (Browser) All Supported Versions

Description

Disabling the AJP protocol in Apache Tomcat to prevent the GhostCat vulnerability does not affect the TIBCO iProcess products that may use it, such as:

TIBCO iProcess Workspace (Browser)

TIBCO iProcess Engine
  • Server Manager
  • Administration Console

Issue/Introduction

Disabling the AJP protocol Apache Tomcat(R) to prevent the GhostCat vulnerability does not affect TIBCO iProcess(R) products

Environment

All Supported Operating Systems

Resolution

To disable the AJP protocol in Apache Tomcat:

1. Edit the file server.xml

2. Search for the section,

<!--  Define an AJP 1.3 Connector on port 8009  -->
<Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443"/>

3. Comment out the AJP protocol configuration,
from:

<Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443"/>

to:

<!--
<Connector port="8009" protocol="AJP/1.3" redirectPort="8443"/>
-->

4. Save the server.xml file

5. Restart Apache Tomcat