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APACHE 2.2 Site for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • WG400

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • All interactive programs must be placed in a designated directory with appropriate permissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;CGI scripts represents one of the most common and exploitable means of compromising a web server. By definition, CGI are exec...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG410

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Interactive scripts used on a web server must have proper access controls.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The use of CGI scripts represent one of the most common and exploitable means of compromising a web server. By definition, CG...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG110

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The number of allowed simultaneous requests must be set.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Resource exhaustion can occur when an unlimited number of concurrent requests are allowed on a web site, facilitating a denia...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG170

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Each readable web document directory must contain either a default, home, index, or equivalent file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The goal is to completely control the web users experience in navigating any portion of the web document root directories. En...
    Rule Low Severity
  • WG230

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Web server administration must be performed over a secure path or at the local console.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Logging into a web server remotely using an unencrypted protocol or service when performing updates and maintenance is a majo...
    Rule High Severity
  • WG240

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Logs of web server access and errors must be established and maintained.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A major tool in exploring the web site use, attempted use, unusual conditions, and problems are reported in the access and er...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG250

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Log file access must be restricted to System Administrators, Web Administrators or Auditors.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A major tool in exploring the web site use, attempted use, unusual conditions and problems are the access and error logs. In ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG260

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Only web sites that have been fully reviewed and tested must exist on a production web server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In the case of a production web server, areas for content development and testing will not exist, as this type of content is ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WG290

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The web client account access to the content and scripts directories must be limited to read and execute.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Excessive permissions for the anonymous web user account are one of the most common faults contributing to the compromise of ...
    Rule High Severity
  • WG310

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • A web site must not contain a robots.txt file.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Search engines are constantly at work on the Internet. Search engines are augmented by agents, often referred to as spiders ...
    Rule Medium Severity

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