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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35415	SRG-APP-000220-AS-000148	SV-46702r2_rule		Medium

Description
If communications sessions remain open for extended periods of time even when unused, there is the potential for an adversary to hijack the session and use it to gain access to the device or networks to which it is attached. Terminating sessions after a logout event or after a certain period of inactivity is a method for mitigating the risk of this vulnerability. When a user management session becomes idle, or when a user logs out of the management interface, the application server must terminate the session.

Description

If communications sessions remain open for extended periods of time even when unused, there is the potential for an adversary to hijack the session and use it to gain access to the device or networks to which it is attached. Terminating sessions after a logout event or after a certain period of inactivity is a method for mitigating the risk of this vulnerability. When a user management session becomes idle, or when a user logs out of the management interface, the application server must terminate the session.

STIG	Date
Application Server Security Requirements Guide	2014-12-12

Details

Check Text ( C-43761r2_chk )
Review the application server configuration and organizational policy to determine if the system is configured to terminate administrator sessions upon administrator logout or any other organization- or policy-defined session termination events, such as idle time limit exceeded. If the configuration is not set to terminate administrator sessions per defined events, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39959r2_fix)
Configure the application server to terminate administrative sessions upon logout or any other organization- or policy-defined session termination events.