STIGUI
V-214323CAT II — Medium severitySV-214323r960963_rule

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

Rule version AS24-W1-000300 · STIG v3 · 2026-02-25

Discussion

Resource mapping is the process of tying a particular file type to a process in the web server that can serve that type of file to a requesting client and to identify which file types are not to be delivered to a client.

By not specifying which files can and cannot be served to a user, the web server could deliver to a user web server configuration files, log files, password files, etc.

The web server must only allow hosted application file types to be served to a user, and all other types must be disabled.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000081, SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000083

Check

Review the <'INSTALL PATH'>\conf\httpd.conf file.

If "Action" or "AddHandler" exist and they configure .exe, .dll, .com, .bat, or .csh, or any other shell as a viewer for documents, this is a finding.

Fix

Disable MIME types for .exe, .dll, .com, .bat, and .csh programs.

If "Action" or "AddHandler" exist and they configure .exe, .dll, .com, .bat, or .csh, remove those references.

Restart the Apache service.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-214323
Group title
SRG-APP-000141-WSR-000081
Rule ID
SV-214323r960963_rule
Check ID
C-15535r277472_chk
Fix ID
F-15533r277473_fix