DISA STIG Apache Server 2.4 Windows Server v3r4

Audit Details

Name: DISA STIG Apache Server 2.4 Windows Server v3r4

Updated: 6/9/2026

Authority: DISA STIG

Plugin: Windows

Revision: 1.0

Estimated Item Count: 50

File Details

Filename: DISA_STIG_Apache_Server-2.4_Windows_v3r4.audit

Size: 120 kB

MD5: 49bffedbe4baebdcc33800dcd997abc1
SHA256: 6ec61cd8c86174bbb31c6d934f064969d6d968619abcab86c4fb44164b9a6985

Audit Items

DescriptionCategories
AS24-W1-000010 - The Apache web server must limit the number of allowed simultaneous session requests.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-W1-000020 - The Apache web server must perform server-side session management

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-W1-000030 - The Apache web server must use encryption strength in accordance with the categorization of data hosted by the Apache web server when remote connections are provided.

ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000065 - System logging must be enabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000070 - 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-W1-000090 - The Apache web server must produce log records containing sufficient information to establish what type of events occurred.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000130 - 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-W1-000160 - The Apache web server must use a logging mechanism that is configured to alert the (ISSO) and System Administrator (SA) in the event of a processing failure.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000180 - The Apache web server log files must only be accessible by privileged users.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000200 - The log information from the Apache web server must be protected from unauthorized deletion and modification.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000210 - The log data and records from the Apache web server must be backed up onto a different system or media.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000240 - The Apache web server must not perform user management for hosted applications.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000250 - The Apache web server must only contain services and functions necessary for operation

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000260 - The Apache web server must not be a proxy server.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000270 - The Apache web server must provide install options to exclude the installation of documentation, sample code, example applications, and tutorials.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000280 - Apache web server application directories, libraries, and configuration files must only be accessible to privileged users.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000300 - The Apache web server must have resource mappings set to disable the serving of certain file types.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000310 - The Apache web server must allow the mappings to unused and vulnerable scripts to be removed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000330 - The Apache web server must have Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) disabled.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000360 - The Apache web server must be configured to use a specified IP address and port

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000370 - The Apache web server must encrypt passwords during transmission.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

AS24-W1-000380 - The Apache web server must only accept client DOD-approved and RFC 5280-compliant certificates.

IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000430 - 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-W1-000450 - The Apache web server must separate the hosted applications from hosted Apache web server management functionality.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000470 - 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 - Header HttpOnly secure

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000480 - The Apache web server must accept only system-generated session identifiers.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000530 - The Apache web server must generate unique session identifiers with definable entropy.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000550 - 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-W1-000580 - The Apache web server document directory must be in a separate partition from the Apache web servers system files.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000590 - The Apache web server must restrict the ability of users to launch denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against other information systems or networks.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000620 - 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-W1-000630 - Debugging and trace information used to diagnose the Apache web server must be disabled.

SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

AS24-W1-000640 - The Apache web server must set an absolute timeout for sessions.

ACCESS CONTROL, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000650 - The Apache web server must set an inactive timeout for completing the TLS handshake

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-W1-000670 - The Apache web server must restrict inbound connections from nonsecure zones.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-W1-000680 - The Apache web server must be configured to immediately disconnect or disable remote access to the hosted applications.

ACCESS CONTROL

AS24-W1-000690 - 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-W1-000700 - An Apache web server that is part of a web server cluster must route all remote management through a centrally managed access control point

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000710 - 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-W1-000720 - The Apache web server must not impede the ability to write specified log record content to an audit log server.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000730 - The Apache web server must be configurable to integrate with an organizations security infrastructure.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000740 - The Apache web server must use a logging mechanism that is configured to provide a warning to the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) and System Administrator (SA) when allocated record storage volume reaches 75 percent of maximum log record storage capacity - SA when allocated record storage volume reaches 75% of maximum log record storage capacity.

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000760 - The Apache web server must generate log records that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) with a minimum granularity of one second

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTABILITY

AS24-W1-000820 - The Apache web server must be protected from being stopped by a non-privileged user.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000860 - The Apache web server cookies, such as session cookies, sent to the client using SSL/TLS must not be compressed.

SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

AS24-W1-000930 - 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-W1-000940 - All accounts installed with the Apache web server software and tools must have passwords assigned and default passwords changed.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000960 - The Apache web server software must be a vendor-supported version.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

AS24-W1-000970 - The Apache web server must alert the ISSO and SA (at a minimum) in the event of an audit processing failure.

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

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