Details
User management and authentication can be an essential part of any application hosted by the web server. Along with authenticating users, the user management function must perform several other tasks such as password complexity, locking users after a configurable number of failed logons, and management of temporary and emergency accounts. All of this must be done enterprise-wide.
The web server contains a minimal user management function, but the web server user management function does not offer enterprise-wide user management, and user management is not the primary function of the web server. User management for the hosted applications should be done through a facility that is built for enterprise-wide user management, such as LDAP and Active Directory.
Solution
Comment out the ‘AuthUserFile’ lines found in the Apache configuration.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.
References
- 800-53|CM-7a.
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-000381
- Rule-ID|SV-214239r612240_rule
- STIG-ID|AS24-U1-000240
- STIG-Legacy|SV-102727
- STIG-Legacy|V-92639
- Vuln-ID|V-214239