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V-214250

The Apache web server must invalidate session identifiers upon hosted application user logout or other session termination.

Finding ID
AS24-U1-000460
Rule ID
SV-214250r505935_rule
Severity
Cat II
CCE
(None)
Group Title
SRG-APP-000220-WSR-000201
CCI
CCI-002361
Target Key
(None)
Documentable
No
Discussion

Captured sessions can be reused in "replay" attacks. This requirement limits the ability of adversaries from capturing and continuing to employ previously valid session IDs. Session IDs are tokens generated by web applications to uniquely identify an application user's session. Unique session IDs help to reduce predictability of said identifiers. When a user logs out, or when any other session termination event occurs, the web server must terminate the user session to minimize the potential for an attacker to hijack that particular user session. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000220-WSR-000201, SRG-APP-000295-WSR-000012

Fix Text

Determine the location of the "HTTPD_ROOT" directory and the "httpd.conf" file: # httpd -V | egrep -i 'httpd_root|server_config_file' -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" Add the following line to the "httpd.conf" file: SessionMaxAge 600 Restart Apache: apachectl restart

Check Content

Determine the location of the "HTTPD_ROOT" directory and the "httpd.conf" file: # httpd -V | egrep -i 'httpd_root|server_config_file' -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" Search for the following directive: "SessionMaxAge" # cat /<path_to_file>/httpd.conf | grep -i "SessionMaxAge" Verify the value of "SessionMaxAge" is set to "600" or less. If the "SessionMaxAge" does not exist or is set to more than "600", this is a finding.