Automatic directory indexing must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26368	WA00515 W20	SV-36620r1_rule	DCSQ-1 DCSW-1	Medium

Description
To identify the type of web servers and versions software installed it is common for attackers to scan for icons or special content specific to the server type and version. A simple request like http://example.com/icons/apache_pb2.png may tell the attacker that the server is Apache 2.2 as shown below. The many icons are used primary for auto indexing, which is recommended to be disabled.

STIG	Date
APACHE SERVER 2.0 for Windows	2015-08-27

Details

Check Text ( C-35717r1_chk )
Open the httpd.conf file. Search for an uncommented LoadModule autoindex_module directive statement. If this statement is found uncommented, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-30959r1_fix)
Disable the autoindex_module by adding a "#" in front of it within the httpd.conf file, and restarting the Apache httpd service.