The Apache web server must generate a session ID using as much of the character set as possible to reduce the risk of brute force.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-92543	AS24-W2-000520	SV-102631r1_rule		Medium

Description
Generating a session identifier (ID) that is not easily guessed through brute force is essential to deter several types of session attacks. By knowing the session ID, an attacker can hijack a user session that has already been user authenticated by the hosted application. The attacker does not need to guess user identifiers and passwords or have a secure token since the user session has already been authenticated. By generating session IDs that contain as much of the character set as possible, i.e., A-Z, a-z, and 0-9, the session ID becomes exponentially harder to guess.

Description

Generating a session identifier (ID) that is not easily guessed through brute force is essential to deter several types of session attacks. By knowing the session ID, an attacker can hijack a user session that has already been user authenticated by the hosted application. The attacker does not need to guess user identifiers and passwords or have a secure token since the user session has already been authenticated. By generating session IDs that contain as much of the character set as possible, i.e., A-Z, a-z, and 0-9, the session ID becomes exponentially harder to guess.

STIG	Date
Apache Server 2.4 Windows Site Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-10-03

Details

Check Text ( C-91847r1_chk )
Review the <'INSTALLED PATH'>\conf\httpd.conf file. Check to see if the "mod_unique_id" is loaded. If it does not exist, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-98785r1_fix)
Edit the <'INSTALLED PATH'>\conf\httpd.conf file and load the "mod_unique_id" module. Restart Apache.