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Oracle HTTP Server 12.1.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • OHS must have the DirectoryIndex directive disabled.

    A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. The web server must provide the capabili...
    Rule Low Severity
  • OHS must have the ScriptAlias directive for CGI scripts disabled.

    A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. The web server must provide the capabil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OHS must have the LoadModule actions_module directive disabled.

    A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. The web server must provide the capabil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OHS must have the LoadModule authz_user_module directive disabled.

    A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. The web server must provide the capabil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OHS must have the LoadModule proxy_connect_module directive disabled.

    A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. The web server must provide the capabil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OHS must have the LoadModule setenvif_module directive disabled.

    A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. The web server must provide the capabil...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OHS must have the IfModule mpm_winnt_module directive disabled.

    A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. The web server must provide the capabil...
    Rule Low Severity
  • OHS must have the LoadModule proxy_connect_module directive disabled.

    A web server should be primarily a web server or a proxy server but not both, for the same reasons that other multi-use servers are not recommended. Scanning for web servers that will also proxy r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • OHS must disable the directive pointing to the directory containing the OHS manuals.

    Web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to a web server because this type of code has not been evaluated and approved. A production w...
    Rule Low Severity
  • OHS must have the IfModule cgid_module directive disabled for the OHS server, virtual host, and directory configuration.

    Scripts allow server side processing on behalf of the hosted application user or as processes needed in the implementation of hosted applications. Removing scripts not needed for application operat...
    Rule Medium Severity

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