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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • A private OHS installation must be located on a separate controlled access subnet.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Private web servers, which host sites that serve controlled access data, must be protected from outside threats in addition t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The version of the OHS installation must be vendor-supported.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Many vulnerabilities are associated with older versions of software. As hot fixes and patches are issued, these solutions ar...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS must be certified with accompanying Fusion Middleware products.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;OHS is capable of being used with other Oracle products. For the products to work properly and not introduce vulnerabilities...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS tools must be restricted to the web manager and the web managers designees.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;All automated information systems are at risk of data loss due to disaster or compromise. Failure to provide adequate protect...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • All utility programs, not necessary for operations, must be removed or disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Just as running unneeded services and protocols is a danger to the web server at the lower levels of the OSI model, running u...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The OHS htpasswd files (if present) must reflect proper ownership and permissions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In addition to OS restrictions, access rights to files and directories can be set on a web site using the web server software...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • A public OHS installation must limit email to outbound only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Incoming E-mail has been known to provide hackers with access to servers. Disabling the incoming mail service prevents this t...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS content and configuration files must be part of a routine backup program.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Backing up web server data and web server application software after upgrades or maintenance ensures that recovery can be acc...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS must be segregated from other services.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The web server installation and configuration plan should not support the co-hosting of multiple services such as Domain Name...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS must have all applicable patches (i.e., CPUs) applied/documented (OEM).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The IAVM process does not address all patches that have been identified for the host operating system or, in this case, the w...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • A private OHS list of CAs in a trust hierarchy must lead to an authorized DoD PKI Root CA.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A PKI certificate is a digital identifier that establishes the identity of an individual or a platform. A server that has a c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS must have the ScoreBoardFile directive disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ScoreBoardFile directive sets a file path which the server will use for Inter-Process Communication (IPC) among the Apach...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The OHS document root directory must not be on a network share.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Sharing of web server content is a security risk when a web server is involved. Users accessing the share anonymously could e...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The OHS server root directory must not be on a network share.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Sharing of the web server directory where the executables are stored is a security risk when a web server is involved. Users...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • Symbolic links must not be used in the web content directory tree.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A symbolic link allows a file or a directory to be referenced using a symbolic name raising a potential hazard if symbolic li...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS administration must be performed over a secure path or at the local console.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Logging into a web server remotely using an unencrypted protocol or service when performing updates and maintenance is a majo...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS must not contain any robots.txt files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Search engines are constantly at work on the Internet. Search engines are augmented by agents, often referred to as spiders ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS must prohibit anonymous FTP user access to interactive scripts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The directories containing the CGI scripts, such as PERL, must not be accessible to anonymous users via FTP. This applies to ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The OHS DocumentRoot directory must be in a separate partition from the OHS ServerRoot directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application partitioning enables an additional security measure by securing user traffic under one security context, while ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • The OHS DocumentRoot directory must be on a separate partition from OS root partition.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Application partitioning enables an additional security measure by securing user traffic under one security context, while ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • Remote authors or content providers must have all files scanned for viruses and malicious code before uploading files to the Document Root directory.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Remote web authors should not be able to upload files to the DocumentRoot directory structure without virus checking and chec...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • A public OHS server must use TLS if authentication is required to host web sites.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Transport Layer Security (TLS) is optional for a public web server. However, if authentication is being performed, then the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS hosted web sites must utilize ports, protocols, and services according to PPSM guidelines.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to comply with DoD ports, protocols, and services (PPS) requirements can result in compromise of enclave boundary pro...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174

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  • OHS must not have the directive PlsqlDatabasePassword set in clear text.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;OHS supports the use of the module mod_plsql, which allows applications to be hosted that are PL/SQL-based. To access the da...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000075

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  • If WebLogic is not in use with OHS, OHS must have the include mod_wl_ohs.conf directive disabled at the server level.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to r...
    Rule Medium Severity

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