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Applications must generate a unique session identifier for each session.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-27018 SRG-APP-000222 SV-34312r1_rule Medium
Description
This requirement focuses on communications protection at the application session, versus network packet level. The intent of this control is to establish grounds for confidence at each end of a communications session in the ongoing identity of the other party and in the validity of the information being transmitted. Unique session IDs are the opposite of sequentially generated session IDs which can be easily guessed by an attacker. Unique session identifiers help to reduce predictability of said identifiers. Unique session IDs address man-in-the-middle attacks including session hijacking or insertion of false information into a session. If the attacker is unable to identify or guess the session information related to pending application traffic, they will have more difficulty in hijacking the session or otherwise manipulating valid sessions.
STIG Date
Application Security Requirements Guide 2011-12-28

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