WA000-WWA020 A22 - The Timeout directive must be properly set.

Information

The Timeout requirements are set to mitigate the effects of several types of denial of service attacks. Although there is some latitude concerning the settings themselves, the requirements attempt to provide reasonable limits for the protection of the web server. If necessary, these limits can be adjusted to accommodate the operational requirement of a given system.

Solution

Edit the httpd.conf file and set the value of 'Timeout' to 300 seconds or less.

See Also

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

Item Details

References: CAT|II, Rule-ID|SV-32977r1_rule, STIG-ID|WA000-WWA020_A22, Vuln-ID|V-13724

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ece5dbf208bfd59e26a665d854d9beb883668accf8d22aae50cc1cf8c776b0b4