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VCLD-67-000021 - VAMI must not have the Web Distributed Authoring (WebDAV) servlet installed.

Information

A web server can be installed with functionality that, by its nature, is not secure. WebDAV is an extension to the HTTP protocol that, when developed, was meant to allow users to create, change, and move documents on a server, typically a web server or web share. Allowing this functionality, development, and deployment is much easier for web authors.

WebDAV is not widely used and has serious security concerns because it may allow clients to modify unauthorized files on the web server.

Solution

Navigate to and open /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.

Delete or comment out the 'mod_webdav' line.

The line may be in an included config and not in the parent config.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y22M10_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-239729r816807_rule, STIG-ID|VCLD-67-000021, Vuln-ID|V-239729

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: ce76f10e8c26adc1744d44bf2d09d244a96b8996b542830279592babf08171d8