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APACHE 2.2 Server for UNIX Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • WG370

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  • MIME types for csh or sh shell programs must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Users must not be allowed to access the shell programs. Shell programs might execute shell escapes and could then perform una...
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  • WG420

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  • Backup interactive scripts on the production web server are prohibited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Copies of backup files will not execute on the server, but they can be read by the anonymous user if special precautions are ...
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  • WG050

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  • The web server password(s) must be entrusted to the SA or Web Manager.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Normally, a service account is established for the web server. This is because a privileged account is not desirable and the ...
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  • WG040

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  • Public web server resources must not be shared with private assets.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is important to segregate public web server resources from private resources located behind the DoD DMZ in order to protec...
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  • WG080

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  • Installation of a compiler on production web server is prohibited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The presence of a compiler on a production server facilitates the malicious user’s task of creating custom versions of progra...
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  • WA060

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  • A public web server, if hosted on the NIPRNet, must be isolated in an accredited DoD DMZ Extension.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To minimize exposure of private assets to unnecessary risk by attackers, public web servers must be isolated from internal sy...
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  • WA070

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  • A private web server must be located on a separate controlled access subnet.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Private web servers, which host sites that serve controlled access data, must be protected from outside threats in addition t...
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  • WG190

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  • Web server software must be a vendor-supported version.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Many vulnerabilities are associated with older versions of web server software. As hot fixes and patches are issued, these so...
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  • WG200

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  • Administrators must be the only users allowed access to the directory tree, the shell, or other operating system functions and utilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and...
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  • WG220

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  • WG130

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  • All utility programs, not necessary for operations, must be removed or disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Just as running unneeded services and protocols is a danger to the web server at the lower levels of the OSI model, running u...
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  • WG270

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  • WG280

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  • The access control files are owned by a privileged web server account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This check verifies that the key web server system configuration files are owned by the SA or Web Manager controlled account....
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  • WA120

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  • Administrative users and groups that have access rights to the web server must be documented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;There are typically several individuals and groups that are involved in running a production web server. These accounts must...
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  • WG300

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  • Web server system files must conform to minimum file permission requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This check verifies that the key web server system configuration files are owned by the SA or the web administrator controlle...
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  • WG330

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  • A public web server must limit email to outbound only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Incoming E-mail has been known to provide hackers with access to servers. Disabling the incoming mail service prevents this t...
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  • WG440

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  • Monitoring software must include CGI or equivalent programs in its scope.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;By their very nature, CGI type files permit the anonymous web user to interact with data and perhaps store data on the web se...
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  • WA140

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  • Web server content and configuration files must be part of a routine backup program.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Backing up web server data and web server application software after upgrades or maintenance ensures that recovery can be acc...
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  • WG204

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  • A web server must be segregated from other services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The web server installation and configuration plan should not support the co-hosting of multiple services such as Domain Name...
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  • WG520

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  • Web server and/or operating system information must be protected.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The web server response header of an HTTP response can contain several fields of information including the requested HTML pag...
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  • WA230

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  • The Web site software used with the web server must have all applicable security patches applied and documented.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The IAVM process does not address all patches that have been identified for the host operating system or, in this case, the w...
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  • WG355

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  • WG385

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  • The httpd.conf StartServers 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-WWA028

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  • All web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials must be removed from a production web server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to a web server. A pr...
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  • WG145

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  • The private web server must use an approved DoD certificate validation process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the use of a certificate validation process, the site is vulnerable to accepting certificates that have expired or ha...
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  • WA000-WWA020

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  • The Timeout directive must be properly set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The Timeout requirements are set to mitigate the effects of several types of denial of service attacks. Although there is som...
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  • WA000-WWA022

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