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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000002
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The Apache web server must perform server-side session management.
<VulnDiscussion>Session management is the practice of protecting the bulk of the user authorization and identity information. This data can b...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000014-WSR-000006
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must use cryptography to protect the integrity of remote sessions.
<VulnDiscussion>Data exchanged between the user and the Apache web server can range from static display data to credentials used to log on to...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000516-WSR-000174
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must have system logging enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The server error logs are invaluable because they can also be used to identify potential problems and enable proactive remedi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000089-WSR-000047
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must generate, at a minimum, log records for system startup and shutdown, system access, and system authentication events.
<VulnDiscussion>Log records can be generated from various components within the Apache web server (e.g., httpd, plug-ins to external backends...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000098-WSR-000060
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
An Apache web server, behind a load balancer or proxy server, must produce log records containing the client IP information as the source and destination and not the load balancer or proxy IP information with each event.
<VulnDiscussion>Apache web server logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without sufficient and accurate information,...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000108-WSR-000166
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must use a logging mechanism that is configured to alert the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and System Administrator (SA) in the event of a processing failure.
<VulnDiscussion>Reviewing log data allows an investigator to recreate the path of an attacker and to capture forensic data for later use. Log...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000118-WSR-000068
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server log files must only be accessible by privileged users.
<VulnDiscussion>Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000119-WSR-000069
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The log information from the Apache web server must be protected from unauthorized modification or deletion.
<VulnDiscussion>Log data is essential in the investigation of events. If log data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000125-WSR-000071
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The log data and records from the Apache web server must be backed up onto a different system or media.
<VulnDiscussion>Protection of log data includes ensuring log data is not accidentally lost or deleted. Backing up log records to an unrelated...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000131-WSR-000073
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Expansion modules must be fully reviewed, tested, and signed before they can exist on a production Apache web server.
<VulnDiscussion>In the case of a production web server, areas for content development and testing will not exist, as this type of content is ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000015
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must not perform user management for hosted applications.
<VulnDiscussion>User management and authentication can be an essential part of any application hosted by the web server. Along with authentic...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000075
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must only contain services and functions necessary for operation.
<VulnDiscussion>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 -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000076
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must not be a proxy server.
<VulnDiscussion>A web server should be primarily a web server or a proxy server but not both, for the same reasons that other multi-use serve...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000077
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must provide install options to exclude the installation of documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials.
<VulnDiscussion>Apache web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to an Apache w...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000081
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must have resource mappings set to disable the serving of certain file types.
<VulnDiscussion>Resource mapping is the process of tying a particular file type to a process in the web server that can serve that type of fi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000082
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must allow the mappings to unused and vulnerable scripts to be removed.
<VulnDiscussion>Scripts allow server-side processing on behalf of the hosted application user or as processes needed in the implementation of...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000085
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must have Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>A web server can be installed with functionality that, by its nature, is not secure. WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP proto...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000142-WSR-000089
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.
<VulnDiscussion>The web server must be configured to listen on a specified IP address and port. Without specifying an IP address and port for...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000030
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Apache web server accounts accessing the directory tree, the shell, or other operating system functions and utilities must only be administrative accounts.
<VulnDiscussion>As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000031
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Apache web server application directories, libraries, and configuration files must only be accessible to privileged users.
<VulnDiscussion>By separating Apache web server security functions from non-privileged users, roles can be developed that can then be used to...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000211-WSR-000129
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must separate the hosted applications from hosted Apache web server management functionality.
<VulnDiscussion>The separation of user functionality from web server management can be accomplished by moving management functions to a separ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000220-WSR-000201
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must invalidate session identifiers upon hosted application user logout or other session termination.
<VulnDiscussion>Captured sessions can be reused in "replay" attacks. This requirement limits the ability of adversaries from capturing and co...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000223-WSR-000011
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Cookies exchanged between the Apache web server and client, such as session cookies, must have security settings that disallow cookie access outside the originating Apache web server and hosted application.
<VulnDiscussion>Cookies are used to exchange data between the web server and the client. Cookies, such as a session cookie, may contain sessi...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000224-WSR-000137
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must generate a session ID long enough that it cannot be guessed through brute force.
<VulnDiscussion>Generating a session identifier (ID) that is not easily guessed through brute force is essential to deter several types of se...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000224-WSR-000138
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The Apache web server must generate a session ID using as much of the character set as possible to reduce the risk of brute force.
<VulnDiscussion>Generating a session identifier (ID) that is not easily guessed through brute force is essential to deter several types of se...Rule High Severity
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