Applications must recognize only system-generated session identifiers.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35566	SRG-APP-000223-MAPP-NA	SV-46853r1_rule		Medium

Description
This requirement focuses on communications protection at the application session, versus network packet level. The intent of this control is to establish grounds for confidence at each end of a communications session in the ongoing identity of the other party and in the validity of the information being transmitted. Unique session IDs are the opposite of sequentially generated session IDs which can be easily guessed by an attacker. Unique session identifiers help to reduce predictability of said identifiers. Unique session IDs address man-in-the-middle attacks including session hijacking or insertion of false information into a session. If the attacker is unable to identify or guess the session information related to pending application traffic, they will have more difficulty in hijacking the session or otherwise manipulating valid sessions Rationale for non-applicability: The scope of the MAPP SRG is limited to the mobile application and does not extend to components of the Information Server such as the remote server.

Description

This requirement focuses on communications protection at the application session, versus network packet level. The intent of this control is to establish grounds for confidence at each end of a communications session in the ongoing identity of the other party and in the validity of the information being transmitted. Unique session IDs are the opposite of sequentially generated session IDs which can be easily guessed by an attacker. Unique session identifiers help to reduce predictability of said identifiers. Unique session IDs address man-in-the-middle attacks including session hijacking or insertion of false information into a session. If the attacker is unable to identify or guess the session information related to pending application traffic, they will have more difficulty in hijacking the session or otherwise manipulating valid sessions Rationale for non-applicability: The scope of the MAPP SRG is limited to the mobile application and does not extend to components of the Information Server such as the remote server.

STIG	Date
Mobile Application Security Requirements Guide	2013-01-04

Details

Check Text ( C-43907r1_chk )
This requirement is NA for the MAPP SRG.

Fix Text (F-40108r1_fix)
The requirement is NA. No fix is required.