tc Server VCO must set the useHttpOnly parameter.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-90169	VRAU-TC-000890	SV-100819r1_rule		Medium

Description
A cookie can be read by client-side scripts easily if cookie properties are not set properly. By allowing cookies to be read by the client-side scripts, information such as session identifiers could be compromised and used by an attacker who intercepts the cookie. Setting cookie properties (i.e. HttpOnly property) to disallow client-side scripts from reading cookies better protects the information inside the cookie. As a Tomcat derivative, tc Server contains a Context object, which represents a web application running within a particular virtual host. One of the configurable parameters of the Context object will prevent the tc Server cookies from being accessed by JavaScript from another site.

Description

A cookie can be read by client-side scripts easily if cookie properties are not set properly. By allowing cookies to be read by the client-side scripts, information such as session identifiers could be compromised and used by an attacker who intercepts the cookie. Setting cookie properties (i.e. HttpOnly property) to disallow client-side scripts from reading cookies better protects the information inside the cookie. As a Tomcat derivative, tc Server contains a Context object, which represents a web application running within a particular virtual host. One of the configurable parameters of the Context object will prevent the tc Server cookies from being accessed by JavaScript from another site.

STIG	Date
VMware vRealize Automation 7.x tc Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-89861r1_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep useHttpOnly /etc/vco/app-server/context.xml If the value of "useHttpOnly" is not set to "true" or is missing, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-96911r1_fix)
Navigate to and open /etc/vco/app-server/context.xml. Navigate to the node. Add the 'useHttpOnly="true"' setting to the node. Note: The node should be configured per the following: