Rule ID
SV-214376r1043180_rule
Version
V2R3
CCIs
CCI-001664
Cookies are used to exchange data between the web server and the client. Cookies, such as a session cookie, may contain session information and user credentials used to maintain a persistent connection between the user and the hosted application since HTTP/HTTPS is a stateless protocol. When the cookie parameters are not set properly (i.e., domain and path parameters), cookies can be shared within hosted applications residing on the same web server or to applications hosted on different web servers residing on the same domain.
Review the <'INSTALLED PATH'>\conf\httpd.conf file.
If "HttpOnly; secure" is not configured, this is a finding.
Review the code. If when creating cookies, the following is not occurring, this is a finding:
function setCookie() { document.cookie = "ALEPH_SESSION_ID = $SESS; path = /; secure"; }Add this line to the "httpd.conf" file:
Header always edit Set-Cookie ^(.*)$ $1;HttpOnly;secure
Add the secure attribute to the JavaScript set cookie:
function setCookie() { document.cookie = "ALEPH_SESSION_ID = $SESS; path = /; secure"; }
"HttpOnly" cannot be used since by definition this is a cookie set by JavaScript.
Restart www_server and Apache.