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The URL-path name must be set to the file path name or the directory path name.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-26327 WA00560 W22 SV-33185r1_rule Medium
Description
The ScriptAlias directive controls which directories the Apache server "sees" as containing scripts. If the directive uses a URL-path name that is different than the actual file system path, the potential exists to expose the script source code.
STIG Date
APACHE 2.2 Server for Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide 2018-12-24

Details

Check Text ( C-33817r1_chk )
Locate the Apache httpd.conf file.

Open the httpd.conf file with an editor such as Notepad, and search for the following uncommented directive: ScriptAlias

If any enabled ScriptAlias directive does not have matching URL-path and file-path/directory-path entries, this is a finding.

Example:

Not a finding:

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ “[Drive Letter]:/[directory path]/cgi-bin/

A finding:

ScriptAlias /script-cgi-bin/ “[Drive Letter]:/[directory path]/cgi-bin/
Fix Text (F-29469r1_fix)
Modify the ScriptAlias directive so the URL-path and file-path/directory-path entries match.