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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214282	AS24-U2-000310	SV-214282r881475_rule		Medium

Description
Scripts allow server-side processing on behalf of the hosted application user or as processes needed in the implementation of hosted applications. Removing scripts not needed for application operation or deemed vulnerable helps to secure the web server. To ensure scripts are not added to the web server and run maliciously, script mappings that are not needed or used by the web server for hosted application operation must be removed.

Description

Scripts allow server-side processing on behalf of the hosted application user or as processes needed in the implementation of hosted applications. Removing scripts not needed for application operation or deemed vulnerable helps to secure the web server. To ensure scripts are not added to the web server and run maliciously, script mappings that are not needed or used by the web server for hosted application operation must be removed.

STIG	Date
Apache Server 2.4 UNIX Site Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-06-06

Details

Check Text ( C-15495r881473_chk )
Determine the location of the "HTTPD_ROOT" directory and the "httpd.conf" file: # apachectl -V \| egrep -i 'httpd_root\|server_config_file' -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" Note: The apachectl front end is the preferred method for locating the Apache httpd file. For some Linux distributions "apache2ctl -V" or "httpd -V" can also be used. Review "Script", "ScriptAlias" or "ScriptAliasMatch", or "ScriptInterpreterSource" directives. Go into each directory and locate "cgi-bin" files. If any scripts are present that are not needed for application operation, this is a finding. If this is not documented and approved by the Information System Security Officer (ISSO), this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-15495r881473_chk )

Determine the location of the "HTTPD_ROOT" directory and the "httpd.conf" file:

# apachectl -V | egrep -i 'httpd_root|server_config_file'
-D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd"
-D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf"

Note: The apachectl front end is the preferred method for locating the Apache httpd file. For some Linux distributions "apache2ctl -V" or "httpd -V" can also be used.
Review "Script", "ScriptAlias" or "ScriptAliasMatch", or "ScriptInterpreterSource" directives.

Go into each directory and locate "cgi-bin" files.

If any scripts are present that are not needed for application operation, this is a finding.

If this is not documented and approved by the Information System Security Officer (ISSO), this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-15493r881474_fix)
Determine the location of the "HTTPD_ROOT" directory and the "httpd.conf" file: # apachectl -V \| egrep -i 'httpd_root\|server_config_file' -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" Remove any scripts in "cgi-bin" directory if they are not needed for application operation. Ensure this process is documented and approved by the ISSO.