IISW-SI-000234 - Debugging and trace information used to diagnose the IIS 8.5 website must be disabled.

Information

Setting compilation debug to false ensures detailed error information does not inadvertently display during live application usage, mitigating the risk of application information being displayed to users.

Solution

Follow the procedures below for each site hosted on the IIS 8.5 web server:

Open the IIS 8.5 Manager.

Click the site name under review.

Double-click '.NET Compilation'.

Scroll down to the 'Behavior' section and set the value for 'Debug' to 'False'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_IIS_8-5_Y23M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-11a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001312, Rule-ID|SV-214473r903097_rule, STIG-ID|IISW-SI-000234, STIG-Legacy|SV-91533, STIG-Legacy|V-76837, Vuln-ID|V-214473

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 9deaf6b16e8412faedf6f9e285da3d3cc1137f5ca3c4afc7e9964c1a69691bf3