OHS must have the AliasMatch directive disabled for the OHS manuals.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-221403	OH12-1X-000157	SV-221403r879587_rule		Medium

Description
Web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to a web server because this type of code has not been evaluated and approved. A production web server must only contain components that are operationally necessary (e.g., compiled code, scripts, web-content, etc.). Any documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials must be removed from a production web server. To make certain that the documentation and code are not installed or uninstalled completely; the web server must offer an option as part of the installation process to exclude these packages or to uninstall the packages if necessary.

Description

Web server documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials may be an exploitable threat to a web server because this type of code has not been evaluated and approved. A production web server must only contain components that are operationally necessary (e.g., compiled code, scripts, web-content, etc.). Any documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials must be removed from a production web server. To make certain that the documentation and code are not installed or uninstalled completely; the web server must offer an option as part of the installation process to exclude these packages or to uninstall the packages if necessary.

STIG	Date
Oracle HTTP Server 12.1.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-12-09

Details

Check Text ( C-23118r414892_chk )
1. Open $DOMAIN_HOME/config/fmwconfig/components/OHS//httpd.conf with an editor. 2. Search for a "AliasMatch ^/manual(?:/(?:de\|en\|es\|fr\|ja\|ko\|pt-br\|ru\|tr))?(/.*)?$ "${PRODUCT_HOME}/manual$1"" directive at the OHS server configuration scope. 3. If the directive exists and is not commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-23107r414893_fix)
1. Open $DOMAIN_HOME/config/fmwconfig/components/OHS//httpd.conf with an editor. 2. Search for an "AliasMatch ^/manual(?:/(?:de\|en\|es\|fr\|ja\|ko\|pt-br\|ru\|tr))?(/.)?$ "${PRODUCT_HOME}/manual$1"" directive at the OHS server configuration scope. 3. Comment out the "AliasMatch ^/manual(?:/(?:de\|en\|es\|fr\|ja\|ko\|pt-br\|ru\|tr))?(/.)?$ "${PRODUCT_HOME}/manual$1"" directive if it exists.