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VCEM-67-000004 - ESX Agent Manager must protect cookies from XSS.

Information

Cookies are a common way to save session state over the HTTP(S) protocol. If attackers can compromise session data stored in a cookie, they are better able to launch an attack against the server and its applications. When a cookie is tagged with the 'HttpOnly' flag, it tells the browser that this particular cookie should only be accessed by the originating server. Any attempt to access the cookie from client script is strictly forbidden.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000001-WSR-000002, SRG-APP-000439-WSR-000154, SRG-APP-000439-WSR-000155

Solution

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/webapps/eam/WEB-INF/web.xml

Navigate to the <session-config> node and configure it as follows.

 <session-config>
 <cookie-config>
 <http-only>true</http-only>
 <secure>true</secure>
 </cookie-config>
 <session-timeout>30</session-timeout>
 </session-config>

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y22M04_STIG.zip

Item Details

References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000054, CCI|CCI-002418, Rule-ID|SV-239375r674619_rule, STIG-ID|VCEM-67-000004, Vuln-ID|V-239375

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: fe6db20276a6866dc4a4f44208000a3150eed11d83e8bd0cc834fe0059a5484e