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VCPF-80-000129 The vCenter Perfcharts service cookies must have 'http-only' flag set.
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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 this particular cookie should only be accessed by the originating server. Any attempt to access the cookie from client script is strictly forbidden.Solution
Navigate to and open:/usr/lib/vmware-perfcharts/tc-instance/webapps/statsreport/WEB-INF/web.xml
Navigate to the <session-config> node and configure the <http-only> as follows:
<session-config>
<session-timeout>6</session-timeout>
<cookie-config>
<http-only>true</http-only>
<secure>true</secure>
</cookie-config>
</session-config>
Restart the service with the following command:
# vmon-cli --restart perfcharts
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_8-0_Y24M08_STIG.zip
Item Details
References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000213, Rule-ID|SV-259089r960792_rule, STIG-ID|VCPF-80-000129, Vuln-ID|V-259089
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 31eb51c2b0accb6831f78ca8eb0fb3237ce32aa72770796e6cbb0c7ab81b0388