VAMI must not have the Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) servlet installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239729	VCLD-67-000021	SV-239729r816807_rule		Medium

Description
A web server can be installed with functionality that, by its nature, is not secure. 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.

Description

A web server can be installed with functionality that, by its nature, is not secure. 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.

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 VAMI-lighttpd Security Technical Implementation Guide	2022-01-03

Details

Check Text ( C-42962r816806_chk )
Note: The below command must be run from a bash shell and not from a shell generated by the "appliance shell". Use the "chsh" command to change the shell for the account to "/bin/bash". At the command prompt, execute the following command: # /opt/vmware/sbin/vami-lighttpd -p -f /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf\|awk '/server\.modules/,/\)/'\|grep mod_webdav If any value is returned, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-42962r816806_chk )

Note: The below command must be run from a bash shell and not from a shell generated by the "appliance shell". Use the "chsh" command to change the shell for the account to "/bin/bash".

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# /opt/vmware/sbin/vami-lighttpd -p -f /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf|awk '/server\.modules/,/\)/'|grep mod_webdav

If any value is returned, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42921r679296_fix)
Navigate to and open /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf. Delete or comment out the "mod_webdav" line. The line may be in an included config and not in the parent config.