Session only based cookies must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-44799	DTBC-0045	SV-57633r1_rule		Medium

Description
Policy allows you to set a list of URL patterns that specify sites which are allowed to set session only cookies. If this policy is left not set the global default value will be used for all sites either from the 'DefaultCookiesSetting' policy if it is set, or the user's personal configuration otherwise. If the 'RestoreOnStartup' policy is set to restore URLs from previous sessions this policy will not be respected and cookies will be stored permanently for those sites.

Description

Policy allows you to set a list of URL patterns that specify sites which are allowed to set session only cookies. If this policy is left not set the global default value will be used for all sites either from the 'DefaultCookiesSetting' policy if it is set, or the user's personal configuration otherwise. If the 'RestoreOnStartup' policy is set to restore URLs from previous sessions this policy will not be respected and cookies will be stored permanently for those sites.

STIG	Date
Google Chrome Current Windows STIG	2014-07-08

Details

Check Text ( C-49577r2_chk )
Universal method: 1. In the omnibox(address bar) type chrome://policy 2. If the policy 'CookiesSessionOnlyForUrls' does not show up or has any defined values, this is a finding. Windows method: 1. Start regedit 2. Navigate to HKLM\Software\Policies\Google\Chrome\CookiesSessionOnlyForUrls 3. If this key does not exist or has any defined values this is a finding

Fix Text (F-49889r2_fix)
Windows group policy: 1. Open the group policy editor tool with gpedit.msc 2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Google\Google Chrome\ Policy Name: Allow session only cookies on these sites Policy State: Disabled Policy Value: N/A