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OHS must not have the ForceLanguagePriority directive enabled.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DoD system. The web server must provide the capability to disable, uninstall, or deactivate functionality and services that are deemed to be non-essential to the web server mission or can adversely impact server performance.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-221346r879587_rule
Severity
Low
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

1. Open $DOMAIN_HOME/config/fmwconfig/components/OHS/<componentName>/httpd.conf and every .conf file (e.g., ssl.conf) included in it with an editor that contains a "ForceLanguagePriority" directive.

2. Search for the "ForceLanguagePriority" directive at the OHS server, virtual host, and directory configuration scopes.

3. Comment out the "ForceLanguagePriority" directive if it exists.