V-240261

Discussion

A web server will typically utilize logging mechanisms for maintaining a historical log of activity that occurs within a hosted application. This information can then be used for diagnostic purposes, forensics purposes, or other purposes relevant to ensuring the availability and integrity of the hosted application. While it is important to log events identified as being critical and relevant to security, it is equally important to notify the appropriate personnel in a timely manner so they are able to respond to events as they occur. Manual review of the web server logs may not occur in a timely manner, and each event logged is open to interpretation by a reviewer. By integrating the web server into an overall or organization-wide log review, a larger picture of events can be viewed, and analysis can be done in a timely and reliable manner.

Check Content

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

grep 'accesslog.use-syslog' /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf | grep -v ^#

If the value for "accesslog.use-syslog" is not set to "enable" or is missing, this is a finding.