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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214325	AS24-W1-000330	SV-214325r505936_rule		Medium

Description
A web server can be installed with functionality that, just by its nature, is not secure. WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP protocol that, when developed, was meant to allow users to create, change, and move documents on a server, typically a web server or web share. Allowing this functionality, development, and deployment is much easier for web authors. WebDAV is not widely used and has serious security concerns because it may allow clients to modify unauthorized files on the web server.

Description

A web server can be installed with functionality that, just by its nature, is not secure. WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP protocol that, when developed, was meant to allow users to create, change, and move documents on a server, typically a web server or web share. Allowing this functionality, development, and deployment is much easier for web authors. WebDAV is not widely used and has serious security concerns because it may allow clients to modify unauthorized files on the web server.

STIG	Date
Apache Server 2.4 Windows Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-09-25

Details

Check Text ( C-15537r277478_chk )
In a command line, navigate to "<'INSTALLED PATH'>\bin". Run "httpd -M" to view a list of installed modules. If any of the following modules are present, this is a finding: dav_module dav_fs_module dav_lock_module

Fix Text (F-15535r277479_fix)
Edit the <'INSTALL PATH'>\conf\httpd.conf file and remove the following modules: dav_module dav_fs_module dav_lock_module Restart the Apache service.