HAProxy must log the session ID from the request headers.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-90319	VRAU-HA-000080	SV-100969r1_rule		Medium

Description
Ascertaining the identity of the requestor of an event is important during forensic analysis. The correct determination of identity of the requestor of the event and its outcome is important in relation to other events that happened at that same time. Without sufficient information establishing the identity of the requestor of an event, investigation into the cause of event is severely hindered. Log record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application-specific events, success/fail indications, file names involved, access control, or flow control rules invoked. When configured for httplog, HAProxy logs uses the Common Log Format (CLF). The CLF format, a World Wide Web Consortium standard, captures the request headers of the web server event in addition to other useful information. This will enable forensic analysis of server events in case of a malicious event.

Description

Ascertaining the identity of the requestor of an event is important during forensic analysis. The correct determination of identity of the requestor of the event and its outcome is important in relation to other events that happened at that same time. Without sufficient information establishing the identity of the requestor of an event, investigation into the cause of event is severely hindered. Log record content that may be necessary to satisfy the requirement of this control includes, but is not limited to, time stamps, source and destination IP addresses, user/process identifiers, event descriptions, application-specific events, success/fail indications, file names involved, access control, or flow control rules invoked. When configured for httplog, HAProxy logs uses the Common Log Format (CLF). The CLF format, a World Wide Web Consortium standard, captures the request headers of the web server event in addition to other useful information. This will enable forensic analysis of server events in case of a malicious event.

STIG	Date
VMW vRealize Automation 7.x HA Proxy Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-90013r1_chk )
Navigate to and open /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg Navigate to the globals section. Verify that the globals section contains the log keyword, and that the log option contains the local0 syslog facility as its parameter. If properly configured, the globals section will contain the following: global log 127.0.0.1 local0 If the local0 syslog facility is not configured, this is a finding. Navigate to the defaults section. Verify that the defaults section contains the log keyword with the global value. Verify that an option keyword has been configured with the httplog value. If properly configured, the globals section will contain the following: defaults log global option httplog Navigate to and open /etc/rsyslog.d/vcac.conf. Review the configured syslog facilities and determine the location of the log file for the local0 syslog facility. If the local0 syslog facility does not refer to a valid log file, this is a finding. Navigate to and open the local0 syslog log file. Verify that HAProxy is logging request headers to include session ID to the log file. If the log file is not recording the session ID from the request headers, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-90013r1_chk )

Navigate to and open /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg

Navigate to the globals section.

Verify that the globals section contains the log keyword, and that the log option contains the local0 syslog facility as its parameter.

If properly configured, the globals section will contain the following:

global
log 127.0.0.1 local0

If the local0 syslog facility is not configured, this is a finding.

Navigate to the defaults section.

Verify that the defaults section contains the log keyword with the global value.

Verify that an option keyword has been configured with the httplog value.

If properly configured, the globals section will contain the following:

defaults
log global
option httplog

Navigate to and open /etc/rsyslog.d/vcac.conf.

Review the configured syslog facilities and determine the location of the log file for the local0 syslog facility.

If the local0 syslog facility does not refer to a valid log file, this is a finding.

Navigate to and open the local0 syslog log file.

Verify that HAProxy is logging request headers to include session ID to the log file.

If the log file is not recording the session ID from the request headers, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-97061r1_fix)
Navigate to and open /etc/rsyslog.d/vcac.conf. Configure the local0 syslog facility to write to an appropriate log file. Navigate to and open /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg. Configure the globals section with the following: log 127.0.0.1 local0 Configure the defaults section with both of the following: log global option httplog