WG130 A22 - All utility programs, not necessary for operations, must be removed or disabled.

Information

Just as running unneeded services and protocols is a danger to the web server at the lower levels of the OSI model, running unneeded utilities and programs is also a danger at the application layer of the OSI model. Office suites, development tools, and graphical editors are examples of such programs that are troublesome. Individual productivity tools have no legitimate place or use on an enterprise, production web server and they are also prone to their own security risks.

NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Remove any unnecessary applications.

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Apache_2-2_UNIX_V1R11_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7b., CAT|III, Rule-ID|SV-32955r2_rule, STIG-ID|WG130_A22, Vuln-ID|V-2251

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: c2404489ac14f9c6643d084e49246f9f963c38a583e7239242af388ee5aff853