| V-214373 | High | Anonymous user access to the Apache web server application directories must be prohibited. | To properly monitor the changes to the web server and the hosted applications, logging must be enabled. Along with logging being enabled, each record must properly contain the changes made and the... |
| V-214396 | High | An Apache web server must maintain the confidentiality of controlled information during transmission through the use of an approved TLS version. | Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a required transmission protocol for a web server hosting controlled information. The use of TLS provides confidentiality of data in transit between the web... |
| V-214365 | Medium | The Apache web server must not perform user management for hosted applications. | User management and authentication can be an essential part of any application hosted by the web server. Along with authenticating users, the user management function must perform several other... |
| V-214364 | Medium | The Apache web server must produce log records containing sufficient information to establish what type of events occurred. | Web server logging capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without sufficient and accurate information, a correct replay of the events cannot be determined.
Ascertaining the... |
| V-214367 | Medium | The Apache web server must allow the mappings to unused and vulnerable scripts to be removed. | 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... |
| V-214366 | Medium | The Apache web server must have resource mappings set to disable the serving of certain file types. | Resource mapping is the process of tying a particular file type to a process in the web server that can serve that type of file to a requesting client and to identify which file types are not to... |
| V-214363 | Medium | The Apache web server must perform server-side session management. | Session management is the practice of protecting the bulk of the user authorization and identity information. Storing of this data can occur on the client system or on the server.
When the... |
| V-214362 | Medium | The Apache web server must limit the number of allowed simultaneous session requests. | Web server management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize a web server. Limiting the number of allowed users and sessions per user is helpful in... |
| V-214369 | Medium | The Apache web server must be configured to use a specified IP address and port. | The web server must be configured to listen on a specified IP address and port. Without specifying an IP address and port for the web server to use, the web server will listen on all IP addresses... |
| V-214368 | Medium | Users and scripts running on behalf of users must be contained to the document root or home directory tree of the Apache web server. | A web server is designed to deliver content and execute scripts or applications on the request of a client or user. Containing user requests to files in the directory tree of the hosted web... |
| V-214389 | Medium | Non-privileged accounts on the hosting system must only access Apache web server security-relevant information and functions through a distinct administrative account. | By separating web server security functions from non-privileged users, roles can be developed that can then be used to administer the web server. Forcing users to change from a non-privileged... |
| V-214388 | Medium | The Apache web server must restrict inbound connections from nonsecure zones. | Remote access to the web server is any access that communicates through an external, non-organization-controlled network. Remote access can be used to access hosted applications or to perform... |
| V-214383 | Medium | The Apache web server must display a default hosted application web page, not a directory listing, when a requested web page cannot be found. | The goal is to completely control the web user's experience in navigating any portion of the web document root directories. Ensuring all web content directories have at least the equivalent of an... |
| V-214382 | Medium | The Apache web server document directory must be in a separate partition from the Apache web servers system files. | A web server is used to deliver content on the request of a client. The content delivered to a client must be controlled, allowing only hosted application files to be accessed and delivered. To... |
| V-214381 | Medium | The Apache web server must be configured to provide clustering. | The web server may host applications that display information that cannot be disrupted, such as information that is time critical or life threatening. In these cases, a web server that shuts down... |
| V-214380 | Medium | The Apache web server must augment re-creation to a stable and known baseline. | Making certain that the web server has not been updated by an unauthorized user is always a concern. Adding patches, functions, and modules that are untested and not part of the baseline opens the... |
| V-214387 | Medium | The Apache web server must set an inactive timeout for completing the TLS handshake. | Leaving sessions open indefinitely is a major security risk. An attacker can easily use an already authenticated session to access the hosted application as the previously authenticated user.... |
| V-214386 | Medium | The Apache web server must set an absolute timeout for sessions. | Leaving sessions open indefinitely is a major security risk. An attacker can easily use an already authenticated session to access the hosted application as the previously authenticated user. By... |
| V-214385 | Medium | Debugging and trace information used to diagnose the Apache web server must be disabled. | Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web server includes any information about the web server and plug-ins or modules being used. When debugging or... |
| V-214384 | 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. | Information needed by an attacker to begin looking for possible vulnerabilities in a web server includes any information about the web server, backend systems being accessed, and plug-ins or... |
| V-214372 | Medium | Apache web server accounts accessing the directory tree, the shell, or other operating system functions and utilities must only be administrative accounts. | As a rule, accounts on a web server are to be kept to a minimum. Only administrators, web managers, developers, auditors, and web authors require accounts on the machine hosting the web server.... |
| V-214370 | Medium | The Apache web server must perform RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation. | A certificate's certification path is the path from the end entity certificate to a trusted root certification authority (CA). Certification path validation is necessary for a relying party to... |
| V-214371 | Medium | Only authenticated system administrators or the designated PKI Sponsor for the Apache web server must have access to the Apache web servers private key. | The web server's private key is used to prove the identity of the server to clients and securely exchange the shared secret key used to encrypt communications between the web server and... |
| V-214376 | 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. | Cookies are used to exchange data between the web server and the client. Cookies, such as a session cookie, may contain session information and user credentials used to maintain a persistent... |
| V-214377 | Medium | The Apache web server must accept only system-generated session identifiers. | Communication between a client and the web server is done using the HTTP protocol, but HTTP is a stateless protocol. To maintain a connection or session, a web server will generate a session... |
| V-214374 | Medium | The Apache web server must separate the hosted applications from hosted Apache web server management functionality. | The separation of user functionality from web server management can be accomplished by moving management functions to a separate IP address or port. To further separate the management functions,... |
| V-214375 | Medium | The Apache web server must invalidate session identifiers upon hosted application user logout or other session termination. | Captured sessions can be reused in "replay" attacks. This requirement limits the ability of adversaries from capturing and continuing to employ previously valid session IDs.
Session IDs are... |
| V-214378 | Medium | The Apache web server must generate unique session identifiers that cannot be reliably reproduced. | Communication between a client and the web server is done using the HTTP protocol, but HTTP is a stateless protocol. To maintain a connection or session, a web server will generate a session... |
| V-214379 | Medium | 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. | Generating a session identifier (ID) that is not easily guessed through brute force is essential to deter several types of session attacks. By knowing the session ID, an attacker can hijack a user... |
| V-214390 | Medium | The Apache web server must prohibit or restrict the use of nonsecure or unnecessary ports, protocols, modules, and/or services. | Web servers provide numerous processes, features, and functionalities that use TCP/IP ports. Some of these processes may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production system.
The... |
| V-214391 | Medium | The Apache web server must only accept client certificates issued by DoD PKI or DoD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs). | Non-DoD-approved PKIs have not been evaluated to ensure that they have security controls and identity vetting procedures in place that are sufficient for DoD systems to rely on the identity... |
| V-214392 | Medium | The Apache web server must be tuned to handle the operational requirements of the hosted application. | A denial of service (DoS) can occur when the web server is so overwhelmed that it can no longer respond to additional requests. A web server not properly tuned may become overwhelmed and cause a... |
| V-214393 | Medium | The Apache web server cookies, such as session cookies, sent to the client using SSL/TLS must not be compressed. | A cookie is used when a web server needs to share data with the client's browser. The data is often used to remember the client when the client returns to the hosted application at a later date. A... |
| V-214394 | 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. | A cookie can be read by client-side scripts easily if cookie properties are not set properly. By allowing cookies to be read by the client-side scripts, information such as session identifiers... |
| V-214395 | Medium | Cookies exchanged between the Apache web server and the client, such as session cookies, must have cookie properties set to force the encryption of cookies. | Cookies can be sent to a client using TLS/SSL to encrypt the cookies, but TLS/SSL is not used by every hosted application since the data being displayed does not require the encryption of the... |
| V-214397 | 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. | Configuring the web server to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists guarantees compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security... |
