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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • The web server must allow the mappings to unused and vulnerable scripts to be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • The web server must have resource mappings set to disable the serving of certain file types.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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

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  • The web server must have Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A web server can be installed with functionality that, just by its nature, is not secure. Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • The web server must protect system resources and privileged operations from hosted applications.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A web server may host one too many applications. Each application will need certain system resources and privileged operatio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141

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  • Users and scripts running on behalf of users must be contained to the document root or home directory tree of the web server.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A web server is designed to deliver content and execute scripts or applications on the request of a client or user. Containi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142

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  • The web server must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The web server must be configured to listen on a specified IP address and port. Without specifying an IP address and port fo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000172

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  • The web server must encrypt passwords during transmission.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Data used to authenticate, especially passwords, needs to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method fo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000175

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  • The web server must perform RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A certificate's certification path is the path from the end entity certificate to a trusted root certification authority (CA)...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000176

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  • Only authenticated system administrators or the designated PKI Sponsor for the web server must have access to the web servers private key.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The web server's private key is used to prove the identity of the server to clients and securely exchange the shared secret k...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000179

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  • The web server must use cryptographic modules that meet the requirements of applicable federal laws, Executive Orders, directives, policies, regulations, standards, and guidance when encrypting stored data.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Encryption is only as good as the encryption modules utilized. Unapproved cryptographic module algorithms cannot be verified...
    Rule High Severity

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