Web server and/or operating system information must be protected.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The web server response header of an HTTP response can contain several fields of information including the requested HTML page. The information included in this response can be web server type and version, operating system and version, and ports associated with the web server. This provides the malicious user valuable information without the use of extensive tools.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility>System Administrator</Responsibility><Responsibility>Web Administrator</Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-36672r1_rule
- Severity
- Low
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Edit the /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf file and ensure the directive is set to Prod.