but disallow it from using file access to read any other files (unless
permissions for those files are explicitly granted).</p>
- <p>Also, Tomcat always dynamically creates the following file permission:</p>
-<source>
+ <p>Also, Tomcat always dynamically creates the following file permissions:</p>
+<source>
permission java.io.FilePermission "** your application context**", "read";
-</source>
- <p>Where **your application context** equals the folder(or WAR file) under which
- your application has been deployed. </p>
+
+permission java.io.FilePermission
+ "** application working directory**", "read,write";
+permission java.io.FilePermission
+ "** application working directory**/-", "read,write,delete";
+</source>
+ <p>Where **your application context** equals the folder (or WAR file) under which
+ your application has been deployed and **application working directory** is the
+ temporary directory provided to your application as required by the
+ Servlet Specification.</p>
</subsection>
looks like this:</p>
<source>
// ============================================================================
-// catalina.corepolicy - Security Policy Permissions for Tomcat 6
+// catalina.policy - Security Policy Permissions for Tomcat 7
//
// This file contains a default set of security policies to be enforced (by the
// JVM) when Catalina is executed with the "-security" option. In addition
// to the permissions granted here, the following additional permissions are
-// granted to the codebase specific to each web application:
+// granted specific to each web application:
//
-// * Read access to the document root directory
+// * Read access to its document root directory
+// * Read, write and delete access to its working directory
//
// ============================================================================
};
// These permissions apply to the logging API
+// Note: If tomcat-juli.jar is in ${catalina.base} and not in ${catalina.home},
+// update this section accordingly.
grant codeBase "file:${catalina.home}/bin/tomcat-juli.jar" {
- permission java.security.AllPermission;
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.util.logging.config.class", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.util.logging.config.file", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "catalina.base", "read";
+ permission java.io.FilePermission
+ "${java.home}${file.separator}lib${file.separator}logging.properties", "read";
+ permission java.io.FilePermission
+ "${catalina.base}${file.separator}conf${file.separator}logging.properties", "read";
+ permission java.io.FilePermission
+ "${catalina.base}${file.separator}logs", "read, write";
+ permission java.io.FilePermission
+ "${catalina.base}${file.separator}logs${file.separator}*", "read, write";
+ permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "shutdownHooks";
+ permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "getClassLoader";
+ permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "setContextClassLoader";
+ permission java.util.logging.LoggingPermission "control";
+
+ // To enable per context logging configuration, permit read access to
+ // the appropriate file. Be sure that the logging configuration is
+ // secure before enabling such access. E.g. for the examples web
+ // application:
+ // permission java.io.FilePermission "${catalina.base}${file.separator}
+ // webapps${file.separator}examples${file.separator}
+ // WEB-INF${file.separator}classes${file.separator}logging.properties", "read";
};
// These permissions apply to the server startup code
permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vendor", "read";
permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vendor.url", "read";
permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.class.version", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.version", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.vendor", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.name", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.version", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.vendor", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.specification.name", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.version", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.vendor", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.name", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.version", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.vendor", "read";
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.name", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.version", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.vendor", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.specification.name", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.version", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.vendor", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "java.vm.name", "read";
// Required for OpenJMX
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "getAttribute";
- // Allow read of JAXP compliant XML parser debug
- permission java.util.PropertyPermission "jaxp.debug", "read";
+ // Allow read of JAXP compliant XML parser debug
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission "jaxp.debug", "read";
+
+ // All JSPs need to be able to read this package
+ permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "accessClassInPackage.org.apache.tomcat";
- // Precompiled JSPs need access to this package.
+ // Precompiled JSPs need access to these packages.
+ permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "accessClassInPackage.org.apache.jasper.el";
permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "accessClassInPackage.org.apache.jasper.runtime";
- permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "accessClassInPackage.org.apache.jasper.runtime.*";
-
+ permission java.lang.RuntimePermission
+ "accessClassInPackage.org.apache.jasper.runtime.*";
+
+ // Precompiled JSPs need access to these system properties.
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission
+ "org.apache.jasper.runtime.BodyContentImpl.LIMIT_BUFFER", "read";
+ permission java.util.PropertyPermission
+ "org.apache.el.parser.COERCE_TO_ZERO", "read";
+
+ // Applications using Comet need to be able to access this package
+ permission java.lang.RuntimePermission "accessClassInPackage.org.apache.catalina.comet";
};
// the NOAA web server. You might create a "grant" entries like this:
//
// The permissions granted to the context root directory apply to JSP pages.
-// grant codeBase "file:${catalina.home}/webapps/examples/-" {
+// grant codeBase "file:${catalina.base}/webapps/examples/-" {
// permission java.net.SocketPermission "dbhost.mycompany.com:5432", "connect";
// permission java.net.SocketPermission "*.noaa.gov:80", "connect";
// };
//
// The permissions granted to the context WEB-INF/classes directory
-// grant codeBase "file:${catalina.home}/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/-" {
+// grant codeBase "file:${catalina.base}/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/classes/-" {
// };
//
// The permission granted to your JDBC driver
-// grant codeBase "jar:file:${catalina.home}/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/lib/driver.jar!/-" {
+// grant codeBase "jar:file:${catalina.base}/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/lib/driver.jar!/-" {
// permission java.net.SocketPermission "dbhost.mycompany.com:5432", "connect";
// };
// The permission granted to the scrape taglib
-// grant codeBase "jar:file:${catalina.home}/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/lib/scrape.jar!/-" {
+// grant codeBase "jar:file:${catalina.base}/webapps/examples/WEB-INF/lib/scrape.jar!/-" {
// permission java.net.SocketPermission "*.noaa.gov:80", "connect";
// };
</source>