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APACHE 2.2 Server for UNIX Security Technical Implementation Guide

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  • The KeepAlive directive must be enabled.

    <VulnDiscussion>The KeepAlive extension to HTTP/1.0 and the persistent connection feature of HTTP/1.1 provide long lived HTTP sessions which ...
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  • WA000-WWA024

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  • The KeepAliveTimeout directive must be defined.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The number of seconds Apache will wait for a subsequent request before closing the connection. Once a request has been receiv...
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  • WA000-WWA026

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  • The httpd.conf MinSpareServers directive must be set properly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;These requirements are set to mitigate the effects of several types of denial of service attacks. Although there is some lati...
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  • WA000-WWA030

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  • The httpd.conf MaxSpareServers directive must be set properly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;These requirements are set to mitigate the effects of several types of denial of service attacks. Although there is some lati...
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  • WA000-WWA032

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  • The httpd.conf MaxClients directive must be set properly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;These requirements are set to mitigate the effects of several types of denial of service attacks. Although there is some lati...
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  • WA000-WWA050

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  • All interactive programs must be placed in a designated directory with appropriate permissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Directory options directives are directives that can be applied to further restrict access to file and directories. The Opti...
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  • WA000-WWA052

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  • WA000-WWA054

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  • Server side includes (SSIs) must run with execution capability disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Options directive configures the web server features that are available in particular directories. The IncludesNOEXEC fe...
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  • WA000-WWA056

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  • The MultiViews directive must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Directory options directives are directives that can be applied to further restrict access to file and directories. MultiView...
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  • WA000-WWA058

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  • Directory indexing must be disabled on directories not containing index files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Directory options directives are directives that can be applied to further restrict access to file and directories. If a URL...
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  • WA000-WWA060

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  • The HTTP request message body size must be limited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Buffer overflow attacks are carried out by a malicious attacker sending amounts of data that the web server cannot store in a...
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  • WA000-WWA062

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  • Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Apache mod_dav and mod_dav_fs modules support WebDAV ('Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning') functionality for...
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  • WA00510

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  • The HTTP request header fields must be limited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Buffer overflow attacks are carried out by a malicious attacker sending amounts of data that the web server cannot store in a...
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  • WA000-WWA064

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  • The HTTP request header field size must be limited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Buffer overflow attacks are carried out by a malicious attacker sending amounts of data that the web server cannot store in a...
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  • WA000-WWA066

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  • The HTTP request line must be limited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Buffer overflow attacks are carried out by a malicious attacker sending amounts of data that the web server cannot store in a...
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  • WA00500

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  • Active software modules must be minimized.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Modules are the source of Apache httpd servers core and dynamic capabilities. Thus not every module available is needed for o...
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  • WA00505

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  • Web server status module must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Apache mod_info module provides information on the server configuration via access to a /server-info URL location, while ...
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  • WA00520

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  • The web server must not be configured as a proxy server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Apache proxy modules allow the server to act as a proxy (either forward or reverse proxy) of http and other protocols wit...
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  • WA00525

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  • User specific directories must not be globally enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The UserDir directive must be disabled so that user home directories are not accessed via the web site with a tilde (~) prece...
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  • WA00530

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  • The process ID (PID) file must be properly secured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The PidFile directive sets the file path to the process ID file to which the server records the process id of the server, whi...
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  • WA00535

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  • The score board file must be properly secured.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ScoreBoardfile directive sets a file path which the server will use for Inter-Process Communication (IPC) among the Apach...
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  • WA00540

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  • The web server must be configured to explicitly deny access to the OS root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Apache Directory directive allows for directory specific configuration of access controls and many other features and opt...
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  • WA00545

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  • Web server options for the OS root must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Apache Options directive allows for specific configuration of options, including execution of CGI, following symbolic lin...
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  • WA00550

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  • The TRACE method must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Diagnostics help establish a history of activities, and can be useful in detecting attack attempts or determining tuning adju...
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  • WA00555

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  • The web server must be configured to listen on a specific IP address and port.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Apache Listen directive specifies the IP addresses and port numbers the Apache web server will listen for requests. Rathe...
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  • WA00560

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  • The URL-path name must be set to the file path name or the directory path name.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ScriptAlias directive controls which directories the Apache server "sees" as containing scripts. If the directive uses a...
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