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  • WA00500

    Group
  • Active software modules must be minimized.

    Modules are the source of Apache httpd servers core and dynamic capabilities. Thus not every module available is needed for operation. Most installations only need a small subset of the modules ava...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00505

    Group
  • Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) must be disabled.

    The Apache mod_dav and mod_dav_fs modules support WebDAV ('Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning') functionality for Apache. WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP protocol which allows client...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00510

    Group
  • Web server status module must be disabled.

    The Apache mod_info module provides information on the server configuration via access to a /server-info URL location, while the mod_status module provides current server performance statistics. Wh...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00520

    Group
  • The web server must not be configured as a proxy server.

    The Apache proxy modules allow the server to act as a proxy (either forward or reverse proxy) of http and other protocols with additional proxy modules loaded. If the Apache installation is not int...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00525

    Group
  • User specific directories must not be globally enabled.

    The UserDir directive must be disabled so that user home directories are not accessed via the web site with a tilde (~) preceding the username. The directive also sets the path name of the director...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00530

    Group
  • The process ID (PID) file must be properly secured.

    The PidFile directive sets the path to the process ID file to which the server records the process ID of the server, which is useful for sending a signal to the server process or for checking on th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00535

    Group
  • The ScoreBoard file must be properly secured.

    The ScoreBoardFile directive sets a file path which the server will use for Inter-Process Communication (IPC) among the Apache processes. If the directive is specified, then Apache will use the con...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00540

    Group
  • The web server must be configured to explicitly deny access to the OS root.

    The Apache Directory directive allows for directory specific configuration of access controls and many other features and options. One important usage is to create a default deny policy that does n...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00545

    Group
  • Web server options for the OS root must be disabled.

    The Apache Options directive allows for specific configuration of options, including execution of CGI, following symbolic links, server side includes, and content negotiation. The Options directive...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • WA00550

    Group
  • The TRACE method must be disabled.

    Use the Apache TraceEnable directive to disable the HTTP TRACE request method. Refer to the Apache documentation for more details http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#traceenable. The HT...
    Rule Medium Severity

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