Debugging and trace information used to diagnose the IIS 8.5 website must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-214473	IISW-SI-000234	SV-214473r508659_rule		Medium

Description
Setting compilation debug to false ensures detailed error information does not inadvertently display during live application usage, mitigating the risk of application information being displayed to users.

STIG	Date
Microsoft IIS 8.5 Site Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-09-25

Details

Check Text ( C-15682r310623_chk )
Note: If the ".NET feature" is not installed, this check is Not Applicable. Follow the procedures below for each site hosted on the IIS 8.5 web server: Open the IIS 8.5 Manager. Click the site name under review. Double-click ".NET Compilation". Scroll down to the "Behavior" section and verify the value for "Debug" is set to "False". If the "Debug" value is not set to "False", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-15682r310623_chk )

Note: If the ".NET feature" is not installed, this check is Not Applicable.

Follow the procedures below for each site hosted on the IIS 8.5 web server:

Open the IIS 8.5 Manager.

Click the site name under review.

Double-click ".NET Compilation".

Scroll down to the "Behavior" section and verify the value for "Debug" is set to "False".

If the "Debug" value is not set to "False", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-15680r310624_fix)
Follow the procedures below for each site hosted on the IIS 8.5 web server: Open the IIS 8.5 Manager. Click the site name under review. Double-click ".NET Compilation". Scroll down to the "Behavior" section and set the value for "Debug" to "False".