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Cookies exchanged between the Apache web server and the client, such as session cookies, must have cookie properties set to force the encryption of cookies.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-214303AS24-U2-000890SV-214303r961632_ruleCCI-002448medium
Description
Cookies can be sent to a client using TLS/SSL to encrypt the cookies, but TLS/SSL is not used by every hosted application since the data being displayed does not require the encryption of the transmission. To safeguard against cookies, especially session cookies, being sent in plaintext, a cookie can be encrypted before transmission. To force a cookie to be encrypted before transmission, the cookie "Secure" property can be set.
STIGDate
Apache Server 2.4 UNIX Site Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-02-12

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CRY-09.2Asymmetric Keys
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (12) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
IA-5(1)Password-based Authentication
1.00
IA-7Cryptographic Module Authentication
1.00
PE-3Physical Access Control
1.00
SA-9(5)Processing, Storage, and Service Location
1.00
SC-12(3)Asymmetric Keys
1.00
SC-13Cryptographic Protection
1.00
SC-15(3)Disabling and Removal in Secure Work Areas
1.00
SC-15(4)Explicitly Indicate Current Participants
1.00

+2 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-002448
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-214303r961632_chk)

In a command line, run "httpd -M | grep -i session_cookie_module". If "session_cookie_module" is not listed, this is a finding. Determine the location of the "HTTPD_ROOT" directory and the "httpd.conf" file: # apachectl -V | egrep -i 'httpd_root|server_config_file' -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" Note: The apachectl front end is the preferred method for locating the Apache httpd file. For some Linux distributions "apache2ctl -V" or "httpd -V" can also be used. Search for the "Session" and "SessionCookieName" directives: # cat /<path_to_file>/httpd.conf | grep -i "Session" # cat /<path_to_file>/httpd.conf | grep -i "SessionCookieName" If "Session" is not "on" and "SessionCookieName" does not contain "httpOnly" and "secure", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-15514r881520_fix)

Determine the location of the "HTTPD_ROOT" directory and the "httpd.conf" file: # apachectl -V | egrep -i 'httpd_root|server_config_file' -D HTTPD_ROOT="/etc/httpd" -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf" Set "Session" to "on". Ensure the "SessionCookieName" directive includes "httpOnly" and "secure".