Lighttpd must not have the webdav configuration file included.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-89269	VRAU-LI-000205	SV-99919r1_rule		Medium

Description
A web server can be installed with functionality that, just by its nature, is not secure. Web Distributed Authoring (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. The Lighttpd configuration file uses the 'include' statement to include other configuration files. The default lighttpd.conf file contains a reference to include a webdav.conf file, and it is possible for the WebDAV module to be loaded in other files.

Description

A web server can be installed with functionality that, just by its nature, is not secure. Web Distributed Authoring (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. The Lighttpd configuration file uses the 'include' statement to include other configuration files. The default lighttpd.conf file contains a reference to include a webdav.conf file, and it is possible for the WebDAV module to be loaded in other files.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x Lighttpd Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-88961r1_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep 'webdav.conf' /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf If the return value is an include statement and it is not commented out, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-96011r1_fix)
Navigate to and open /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf Delete or comment out the include "conf.d/webdav.conf" statement.