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Section 7: Patch Management Procedures Staying up to date with patches is essential to maintaining security on the server. The system administrator should monitor the vendors security pages for all software in use. Most vendors have a security mailing list that will notify you by email when vulnerabilities are discovered. Check the following websites frequently: Adobe Security Bulletins: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/ Microsoft Security Tech Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/default.aspx RedHat Security: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/ Changelog for Apache 2.2 web server: http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2 To keep updated with ColdFusion 10 updates you can use the server update feature in ColdFusion administrator. Consider setting up an instance to email you when new updates are released. You should also consider following http://blogs.coldfusion.com/ which is published by the ColdFusion engineering team, Shilpi Khariwal's blog (the Security Czar on the ColdFusion engineering team) http://www.shilpikhariwal.com and finally third a third party commercial service http://hackmycf.com/ 83

Section	Page
Adobe® ColdFusion® 10 Server Lockdown Guide	1
Section 1: Introduction	1
1.1 Default File Paths and Usernames	1
1.2 Operating Systems and Web Servers	1
1.3 ColdFusion Version	2
1.4 Scope of Document	2
Section 2: Installation Prerequisites	3
2.1 Prerequisites for all ColdFusion installations	3
2.2 Prerequisites for a Windows 2008 Server Installation	3
Table 2.2.3.1 Web Root Content Security Permissions	9
2.2.7 Anonymous Access Identity	17
2.2.8 Setup Request Filtering	17
Table 2.2.8.1 : CFIDE URIs	22
Additional URI Sequences to consider blocking:	22
2.2.9 Create a Website For ColdFusion Administrator	23
Remove Request Filtering Rule for ColdFusion Administrator Site	25
2.3 Prerequisites for a RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Installation	27
Section 3 - Installing ColdFusion	32
3.1 Run ColdFusion Installer	32
4.1 Windows 2008 Post ColdFusion Installation	41
4.1.1 Install ColdFusion Hotfixes	41
4.1.10 Optionally Remove ASP.NET	48
4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Post Installation	49
4.2.1 Install ColdFusion Hotfixes / Updates	49
4.2.3: Specify permissions for ColdFusion Directories	50
4.2.4: Install Apache Connector	50
4.2.7 Setup Auditing	53
4.2.8 Add umask to startup script	54
4.3 Post Configuration Settings for Windows and Linux	54
4.3.4 Tomcat Shutdown Port	55
4.3.5 Add a connector shared secret	56
4.3.6 Additional Tomcat Security Considerations	56
4.3.7 Additional File Security Considerations	56
5.1 Server Settings > Settings	57
5.2 Server Settings > Request Tuning	63
5.3 Server Settings > Client Variables	65
5.4 Server Settings > Memory Variables	65
5.5 Server Settings > Mail	67
5.6 Data & Services > Data Sources	67
5.7 Data & Services > Flex Integration	68
5.8 Debugging & Logging > Debug Output Settings	69
5.9 Debugging & Logging > Debugger Settings	69
5.10 Debugging & Logging > Logging Settings	70
5.11 Event Gateways > Settings	71
5.12 Security > Administrator	71
5.13 Security > RDS	72
5.14 Security > Sandbox Security	72
5.15 Security > Allowed IP Addresses	73
6.1 Servlets and Servlet Mappings in web.xml	75
6.2 Disabling RDS if Already Installed	76
6.3 Disabling support for JWS files	76
6.4 Disabling the GraphServlet	77
6.5 Disabling Flash Remoting Servlet Mappings	77
6.6 Disabling Flash Form Servlet Mappings	78
6.7 Disabling the CFReport Servlet Mapping	78
6.8 Remove WSRP Servlet Mapping	79
6.9 Disabling the CFFileServlet Mapping	79
6.10 Disabling Remote CFC Invocation	80
6.11 Adding ClickJacking Protection	82
6.12 Security Constraints in web.xml	82
Section 7: Patch Management Procedures	83
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Section 7: Patch Management Procedures

Staying up to date with patches is essential to maintaining security on the server. The system

administrator should monitor the vendors security pages for all software in use. Most vendors have a

security mailing list that will notify you by email when vulnerabilities are discovered.

Check the following websites frequently:

Adobe Security Bulletins:

http://www.adobe.com/support/security/

Microsoft Security Tech Center:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/default.aspx

RedHat Security:

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/

Changelog for Apache 2.2 web server:

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.2

To keep updated with ColdFusion 10 updates you can use the server update feature in ColdFusion

administrator. Consider setting up an instance to email you when new updates are released. You

should also consider following

http://blogs.coldfusion.com/

which is published by the ColdFusion

engineering team, Shilpi Khariwal’s blog (the Security Czar on the ColdFusion engineering team)

http://www.shilpikhariwal.com

and finally third a third party commercial service

http://hackmycf.com