WA00547 A22 - The ability to override the access configuration for the OS root directory must be disabled.

Information

The Apache OverRide directive allows for .htaccess files to be used to override much of the configuration, including authentication, handling of document types, auto generated indexes, access control, and options. When the server finds an .htaccess file (as specified by AccessFileName) it needs to know which directives declared in that file can override earlier access information. When this directive is set to None, then .htaccess files are completely ignored. In this case, the server will not even attempt to read .htaccess files in the file system. When this directive is set to All, then any directive which has the .htaccess Context is allowed in .htaccess files.

Solution

Edit the httpd.conf file and add or set the value of AllowOverride to 'None'.

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-6, CAT|II, Rule-ID|SV-33232r1_rule, STIG-ID|WA00547_A22, Vuln-ID|V-26393

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ab9e1aaa1c73308201e48a4a687feddf596a432e180204c2f67e415488785614