V-256654

Discussion

A web server can provide many features, services, and processes. Some of these may be deemed unnecessary or too unsecure to run on a production DOD system. VAMI can be configured to load any number of external modules, but only a specific few are provided and supported by VMware. Additional, unexpected modules must be removed.

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At the command prompt, run the following command:

# /opt/vmware/sbin/vami-lighttpd -p -f /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf 2>/dev/null|awk '/server\.modules/,/\)/'|sed -e 's/^[ ]*//'

Expected result:

server.modules=(
"mod_access",
"mod_accesslog",
"mod_proxy",
"mod_cgi",
"mod_rewrite",
"mod_magnet",
"mod_setenv",
#7
)

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Note: The command must be run from a bash shell and not from a shell generated by the "appliance shell". Use the "chsh" command to change the shell for the account to "/bin/bash". Refer to KB Article 2100508 for more details:

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2100508