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The web server must provide install options to exclude the installation of documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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 web server must only contain components that are operationally necessary (e.g., compiled code, scripts, web-content, etc.). Any documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials must be removed from a production web server. To make certain that the documentation and code are not installed or uninstalled completely; the web server must offer an option as part of the installation process to exclude these packages or to uninstall the packages if necessary.

ID
SV-206377r960963_rule
Version
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000077
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Use the web server uninstall facility or manually remove any documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials.