The MultiViews directive must be disabled.

From APACHE SERVER 2.2 for Unix Security Technical Implementation Guide

SV-32754r1_rule The MultiViews directive must be disabled.

Vulnerability discussion

Directory options directives are directives that can be applied to further restrict access to file and directories. MultiViews is a per-directory option, meaning it can be set with an Options directive within a <Directory>, <Location> or <Files> section in httpd.conf, or (if AllowOverride is properly set) in .htaccess files. The effect of MultiViews is as follows: if the server receives a request for /some/dir/foo, if /some/dir has MultiViews enabled, and /some/dir/foo does not exist, then the server reads the directory looking for files named foo.*, and effectively fakes up a type map which names all those files, assigning them the same media types and content-encodings it would have if the client had asked for one of them by name. It then chooses the best match to the client's requirements.

Check content

To view the MultiViews value enter the following command: grep "MultiView" /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf. Review all uncommented Options statements for the following value: -MultiViews If the value is found on the Options statement, and it does not have a preceding ‘-‘, this is a finding. Notes: - If the value does NOT exist, this is a finding. - If all enabled Options statement are set to None this is not a finding.

Fix text

Edit the httpd.conf file and add the "-" to the MultiViews setting, or set the options directive to None.

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