Do Not Install the HTTP Service
🗓️ 07 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# METADATA
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130446");
script_version("2025-11-21T05:40:28+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-21 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-05-07 11:45:56 +0000 (Wed, 07 May 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");
script_name("Do Not Install the HTTP Service");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Policy");
script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "compliance_os_check.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch", "policy/ssh/login/euleros_eulerosvirtual_openeuler");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.19 Do Not Install the HTTP Service (Recommendation)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"EulerOS Virtual: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.19 Do Not Install the HTTP Service (Recommendation)");
script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"openEuler Baseline: openEuler Security Configuration Baseline (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.19 Do Not Install the HTTP Service (Recommendation)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is a simple request-response
protocol and usually runs over TCP. It specifies what messages the client may send to the server
and what responses the client receives. Request and response messages include headers in ASCII, and
the message content often uses a MIME-like format. The HTTP server allows a client (usually a
browser) to request web content such as web pages, images, and documents through HTTP and transfer
the content to the client.");
exit(0);
}
include("ssh_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("policy_reporting_module.inc");
title = "Do Not Install the HTTP Service";
solution = "If the httpd software has been installed, run the yum or dnf command to uninstall it.
# yum remove httpd
Or
# dnf remove httpd";
check_type = "SSH_Cmd";
action = 'Run the command in the terminal:
# rpm -q "httpd"';
expected_value = 'The output should be equal to "package httpd is not installed"';
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CONNECTION CHECK
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
if(!get_kb_item("login/SSH/success") || !sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection()){
report_ssh_error(title: title,
solution: solution,
action: action,
expected_value: expected_value,
check_type: check_type);
exit(0);
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK : Check if the httpd package is installed
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
step_cmd = 'rpm -q "httpd"';
actual_value = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);
if(eregmatch(string: actual_value, pattern:"(No such file or directory|Permission denied|Command not found|Segmentation fault|service not found|is not running|syntax error near unexpected token|syntax error: unexpected end of file)", icase: TRUE)){
compliant = "incomplete";
comment = "Something went wrong during the audit check. Please try again.";
}else if(actual_value == 'package httpd is not installed'){
compliant = "yes";
comment = "Check passed";
}else{
compliant = "no";
comment = "Check failed";
}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# REPORT
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
target = get_kb_item("policy/ssh/login/os-release");
comment = "Target: " + target + "\n" + comment;
report_audit(action: action,
actual_value: actual_value,
expected_value: expected_value,
is_compliant: compliant,
solution: solution,
check_type: check_type,
title: title,
comment: comment);
exit(0);
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