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Disable CGI Support

An XCCDF Rule

Description

The cgi module allows HTML to interact with the CGI web programming language.

If this functionality is unnecessary, comment out the module:

#LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
If the web server requires the use of CGI, enable mod_cgi.

Rationale

Minimizing the number of loadable modules available to the web server reduces risk by limiting the capabilities allowed by the web server.

ID
xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_httpd_cgi_support
Severity
Unknown
Updated