Lighttpd must disable directory browsing.

From VMware vRealize Automation 7.x Lighttpd Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001312

SV-99941r1_rule Lighttpd must disable directory browsing.

Vulnerability discussion

If not disabled, the directory listing feature can be used to facilitate a directory traversal exploit. Directory listing must be disabled.Lighttpd provides a configuration setting, dir-listing.activate, that must be set properly in order to globally disable directory listing.

Check content

At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep '^dir-listing.activate' /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf If the value for "dir-listing.activate" is not set to "disable", this is a finding.

Fix text

Navigate to and open /opt/vmware/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf Configure the "lighttpd.conf" file with the following: dir-listing.activate = "disable"

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