WBSP-AS-001410 - The WebSphere Application Server DoD root CAs must be in the trust store.

Information

This control focuses on communications protection at the session, versus packet level.

At the application layer, session IDs are tokens generated by web applications to uniquely identify an application user's session. Web applications utilize session tokens or session IDs in order to establish application user identity. Proper use of session IDs addresses man-in-the-middle attacks, including session hijacking or insertion of false information into a session.

Application servers must provide the capability to perform mutual authentication. Mutual authentication is when both the client and the server authenticate each other.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Navigate to Security >> SSL certificate and key management >> Keystore and certificates.

Click on the trust store used to store the signers of the administrators' certificates. (The default is cellDefaultTrustStore).

Click on 'Signer Certificates'.

Click 'Add'.

Follow the instructions to import the signer from a file.

Click 'OK'.

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_IBM_WebSphere_Traditional_V9-x_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|SC-23, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001184, Rule-ID|SV-96087r1_rule, STIG-ID|WBSP-AS-001410, Vuln-ID|V-81373

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 475b80db1df8c1167e100568a372201ab0aaff8cdffb159bb1240e5a1cf7f93f