OHS must prohibit anonymous FTP user access to interactive scripts.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-64693	OH12-1X-000228	SV-79183r1_rule		Medium

Description
The directories containing the CGI scripts, such as PERL, must not be accessible to anonymous users via FTP. This applies to all directories that contain scripts that can dynamically produce web pages in an interactive manner (i.e., scripts based upon user-provided input). Such scripts contain information that could be used to compromise a web service, access system resources, or deface a web site.

Description

The directories containing the CGI scripts, such as PERL, must not be accessible to anonymous users via FTP. This applies to all directories that contain scripts that can dynamically produce web pages in an interactive manner (i.e., scripts based upon user-provided input). Such scripts contain information that could be used to compromise a web service, access system resources, or deface a web site.

STIG	Date
Oracle HTTP Server 12.1.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-12-12

Details

Check Text ( C-65435r1_chk )
1. Check that all ftp access is authenticated, authorized, and secure. 2. If not, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-70623r1_fix)
Ensure that all file transfers to the server are authenticated, authorized, and secure.