DISA STIG Apache Server 2.4 Unix Server v3r1

Audit Details

Name: DISA STIG Apache Server 2.4 Unix Server v3r1

Updated: 8/19/2024

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Unix

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 48

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Apache_Server-2.4_Unix_v3r1.audit

Size: 115 kB

MD5: 8152c2e868d2aea434ee638e0951f2a8
SHA256: 53f6da7d555994ec8c63b459d0cc1cb89be77fd6a9f932e71d798c634ec881dc

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
AS24-U1-000010 - The Apache web server must limit the number of allowed simultaneous session requests.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-U1-000020 - The Apache web server must perform server-side session management.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-U1-000030 - The Apache web server must use cryptography to protect the integrity of remote sessions.

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000065 - The Apache web server must have system logging enabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000070 - The Apache web server must generate, at a minimum, log records for system startup and shutdown, system access, and system authentication events.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000130 - An Apache web server, behind a load balancer or proxy server, must produce log records containing the client IP information as the source and destination and not the load balancer or proxy IP information with each event.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000160 - The Apache web server must use a logging mechanism that is configured to alert the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and System Administrator (SA) in the event of a processing failure.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000180 - The Apache web server log files must only be accessible by privileged users.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000190 - The log information from the Apache web server must be protected from unauthorized modification or deletion.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000210 - The log data and records from the Apache web server must be backed up onto a different system or media.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000230 - Expansion modules must be fully reviewed, tested, and signed before they can exist on a production Apache web server.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000240 - The Apache web server must not perform user management for hosted applications.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000250 - The Apache web server must only contain services and functions necessary for operation.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000260 - The Apache web server must not be a proxy server.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000270 - The Apache web server must provide install options to exclude the installation of documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000300 - The Apache web server must have resource mappings set to disable the serving of certain file types.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000310 - The Apache web server must allow the mappings to unused and vulnerable scripts to be removed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000330 - The Apache web server must have Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) disabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000360 - The Apache web server must be configured to use a specified IP address and port.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AS24-U1-000430 - Apache web server accounts accessing the directory tree, the shell, or other operating system functions and utilities must only be administrative accounts.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000440 - Apache web server application directories, libraries, and configuration files must only be accessible to privileged users.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000450 - The Apache web server must separate the hosted applications from hosted Apache web server management functionality.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000460 - The Apache web server must invalidate session identifiers upon hosted application user logout or other session termination.

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000470 - Cookies exchanged between the Apache web server and client, such as session cookies, must have security settings that disallow cookie access outside the originating Apache web server and hosted application.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000510 - The Apache web server must generate a session ID long enough that it cannot be guessed through brute force.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000520 - The Apache web server must generate a session ID using as much of the character set as possible to reduce the risk of brute force.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000550 - The Apache web server must be built to fail to a known safe state if system initialization fails, shutdown fails, or aborts fail.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000590 - The Apache web server must be tuned to handle the operational requirements of the hosted application.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000620 - Warning and error messages displayed to clients must be modified to minimize the identity of the Apache web server, patches, loaded modules, and directory paths.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AS24-U1-000630 - Debugging and trace information used to diagnose the Apache web server must be disabled.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AS24-U1-000650 - The Apache web server must set an inactive timeout for sessions.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-U1-000670 - The Apache web server must restrict inbound connections from nonsecure zones.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-U1-000680 - The Apache web server must be configured to immediately disconnect or disable remote access to the hosted applications.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-U1-000690 - Non-privileged accounts on the hosting system must only access Apache web server security-relevant information and functions through a distinct administrative account.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-U1-000710 - The Apache web server must use a logging mechanism that is configured to allocate log record storage capacity large enough to accommodate the logging requirements of the Apache web server.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000720 - The Apache web server must not impede the ability to write specified log record content to an audit log server.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000730 - The Apache web server must be configured to integrate with an organizations security infrastructure.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000750 - The Apache web server must generate log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) which are stamped at a minimum granularity of one second.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-U1-000780 - The Apache web server must prohibit or restrict the use of nonsecure or unnecessary ports, protocols, modules, and/or services.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000820 - The Apache web server must be protected from being stopped by a non-privileged user.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000870 - Cookies exchanged between the Apache web server and the client, such as session cookies, must have cookie properties set to prohibit client-side scripts from reading the cookie data.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000900 - The Apache web server must remove all export ciphers to protect the confidentiality and integrity of transmitted information.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-U1-000930 - The Apache web server must install security-relevant software updates within the configured time period directed by an authoritative source (e.g., IAVM, CTOs, DTMs, and STIGs).

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AS24-U1-000940 - The account used to run the Apache web server must not have a valid login shell and password defined.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000950 - The Apache web server must be configured in accordance with the security configuration settings based on DoD security configuration or implementation guidance, including STIGs, NSA configuration guides, CTOs, and DTMs.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000960 - The Apache web server software must be a vendor-supported version.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-U1-000970 - The Apache web server htpasswd files (if present) must reflect proper ownership and permissions.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

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