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This article is part of the OWASP Secure Configuration Guide.
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Summary

The Apache HTTP Server Project is a collaborative software development effort aimed at creating a robust, commercial-grade, featureful, and freely-available source code implementation of an HTTP (Web) server. The project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world, using the Internet and the Web to communicate, plan, and develop the server and its related documentation. This project is part of the Apache Software Foundation. In addition, hundreds of users have contributed ideas, code, and documentation to the project. This file is intended to briefly describe the history of the Apache HTTP Server and recognize the many contributors.


Common Misconfigurations

Misconfiguration 1

Description

%ProductName% allows unauthorized attacker to list all users of the system ...

// Detailed description of the impact. Is it enabled by default? Vulnerable versions.

How to test

In order to test for %Misconfiguration_1%, one should ...

// Proof-of-concept here. Please include the screenshots and widely known tools/scanners!

Remediation

Initial/common value of parameter "listUsers" from config.xml is set to "true".

To assess the vulnerability it is enough to change the value to false:

<security>
	<listUsers>false</listUsers>
</security>


Misconfigurations

Please also mention /server-status !

1. Version details disclosed in headers disable apache tokens


2. Proper SSL cipher selection Cipher orders Disable specific ciphers

3. Guidelines on how to store ssl private keys on server stuff like not to store private keys on /var/www/

4. Detailing about various authentication types

basic, digest, X509, LDAP or others.

Detailing about authoentication types and which one to use in which situation.


References

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/misc/security_tips.html

https://wiki.debian.org/Apache/Hardening