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APACHE 2.2 Server for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

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

    <VulnDiscussion>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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  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
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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 installation 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
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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...
    Rule Low Severity
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  • WA155

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  • Classified web servers will be afforded physical security commensurate with the classification of its content.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When data of a classified nature is migrated to a web server, fundamental principles applicable to the safeguarding of classi...
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  • WA230

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  • The 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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  • The web server, although started by superuser or privileged account, must run using a non-privileged account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Running the web server with excessive privileges presents an increased risk to the web server. In the event the web server’s ...
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  • WG355

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  • WG385

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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...
    Rule High Severity
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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...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • WG237

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  • Remote authors or content providers must have all files scanned for malware before uploading files to the Document Root directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote web authors should not be able to upload files to the DocumentRoot directory structure without virus checking and chec...
    Rule Medium Severity
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