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Apache Server 2.4 UNIX Server Security Technical Implementation Guide


Overview

Date Finding Count (48)
2020-06-17 CAT I (High): 5 CAT II (Med): 42 CAT III (Low): 1
STIG Description
This Security Technical Implementation Guide is published as a tool to improve the security of Department of Defense (DoD) information systems. The requirements are derived from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800-53 and related documents. Comments or proposed revisions to this document should be sent via email to the following address: disa.stig_spt@mail.mil.

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Findings (MAC I - Mission Critical Classified)

Finding ID Severity Title
V-92751 High The account used to run the Apache web server must not have a valid login shell and password defined.
V-92755 High The Apache web server software must be a vendor-supported version.
V-92673 High Apache web server application directories, libraries, and configuration files must only be accessible to privileged users.
V-92689 High 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.
V-92645 High The Apache web server must provide install options to exclude the installation of documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials.
V-92695 Medium The Apache web server must be built to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.
V-92697 Medium The Apache web server must be tuned to handle the operational requirements of the hosted application.
V-92699 Medium Warning and error messages displayed to clients must be modified to minimize the identity of the Apache web server, patches, loaded modules, and directory paths.
V-92715 Medium The Apache web server must use a logging mechanism that is configured to allocate log record storage capacity large enough to accommodate the logging requirements of the Apache web server.
V-92717 Medium The Apache web server must not impede the ability to write specified log record content to an audit log server.
V-92631 Medium The log information from the Apache web server must be protected from unauthorized modification or deletion.
V-92711 Medium The Apache web server must be configured to immediately disconnect or disable remote access to the hosted applications.
V-92637 Medium Expansion modules must be fully reviewed, tested, and signed before they can exist on a production Apache web server.
V-92713 Medium Non-privileged accounts on the hosting system must only access Apache web server security-relevant information and functions through a distinct administrative account.
V-92635 Medium The log data and records from the Apache web server must be backed up onto a different system or media.
V-92639 Medium The Apache web server must not perform user management for hosted applications.
V-92719 Medium The Apache web server must be configured to integrate with an organizations security infrastructure.
V-92599 Medium The Apache web server must perform server-side session management.
V-92655 Medium The Apache web server must allow the mappings to unused and vulnerable scripts to be removed.
V-92757 Medium The Apache web server htpasswd files (if present) must reflect proper ownership and permissions.
V-92653 Medium The Apache web server must have resource mappings set to disable the serving of certain file types.
V-92759 Medium HTTP request methods must be limited.
V-92677 Medium The Apache web server must invalidate session identifiers upon hosted application user logout or other session termination.
V-92731 Medium The Apache web server must be protected from being stopped by a non-privileged user.
V-92675 Medium The Apache web server must separate the hosted applications from hosted Apache web server management functionality.
V-92597 Medium The Apache web server must limit the number of allowed simultaneous session requests.
V-92671 Medium Apache web server accounts accessing the directory tree, the shell, or other operating system functions and utilities must only be administrative accounts.
V-92727 Medium The Apache web server must prohibit or restrict the use of nonsecure or unnecessary ports, protocols, modules, and/or services.
V-92679 Medium 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.
V-92723 Medium The Apache web server must generate log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) which are stamped at a minimum granularity of one second.
V-92687 Medium The Apache web server must generate a session ID long enough that it cannot be guessed through brute force.
V-92627 Medium 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.
V-92701 Medium Debugging and trace information used to diagnose the Apache web server must be disabled.
V-92621 Medium 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.
V-92705 Medium The Apache web server must set an inactive timeout for sessions.
V-92709 Medium The Apache web server must restrict inbound connections from nonsecure zones.
V-92629 Medium The Apache web server log files must only be accessible by privileged users.
V-92659 Medium The Apache web server must have Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) disabled.
V-92661 Medium The Apache web server must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.
V-92643 Medium The Apache web server must not be a proxy server.
V-92641 Medium The Apache web server must only contain services and functions necessary for operation.
V-92749 Medium The Apache web server must install security-relevant software updates within the configured time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).
V-92609 Medium The Apache web server must generate, at a minimum, log records for system startup and shutdown, system access, and system authentication events.
V-92601 Medium The Apache web server must use cryptography to protect the integrity of remote sessions.
V-92745 Medium The Apache web server must remove all export ciphers to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.
V-92607 Medium The Apache web server must have system logging enabled.
V-92741 Medium Cookies exchanged between the Apache web server and the client, such as session cookies, must have cookie properties set to prohibit client-side scripts from reading the cookie data.
V-92753 Low The Apache web server must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DoD security configuration or implementation guidance, including STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, and DTMs.