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All interactive programs must be placed in a designated directory with appropriate permissions.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Directory options directives are directives that can be applied to further restrict access to file and directories. The Options directive controls which server features are available in a particular directory. The ExecCGI option controls the execution of CGI scripts using mod_cgi. This needs to be restricted to only the directory intended for script execution.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility>Web Administrator</Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-32763r2_rule
Severity
Medium
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Locate any cgi-bin files and directories enabled in the Apache configuration via Script, ScriptAlias or other Script* directives.

Remove the printenv default CGI in cgi-bin directory if it is installed. 

rm $APACHE_PREFIX/cgi-bin/printenv.