Details

The server error logs are invaluable because they can also be used to identify potential problems and enable proactive remediation. Log data can reveal anomalous behavior such as ‘not found’ or ‘unauthorized’ errors that may be an evidence of attack attempts. Failure to enable error logging can significantly reduce the ability of Web Administrators to detect or remediate problems. While the ErrorLog directive configures the error log file name, the LogLevel directive is used to configure the severity level for the error logs. The log level values are the standard syslog levels: emerg, alert, crit, error, warn, notice, info and debug.

Solution

Edit the httpd.conf file and add the value LogLevel warn.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Apache_2-2_WIN_V1R13_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Audit and Accountability.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|AU-12c.
• CAT|II
• Rule-ID|SV-33153r1_rule
• STIG-ID|WA00620_W22
• Vuln-ID|V-26282

Source

• Tenable.com/audits