Why security Scan on Red Hat Satellite 5.6 gives the following result "Session Identifier Not Updated"?
Issue
- While running security scan on
Red Hat satellite 5.6, gives the below result:
Issue: Session Identifier Not Updated
Risk(s):
It is possible to steal or manipulate customer session and cookies, which might be used to impersonate a legitimate user, allowing the hacker to view or alter user records, and to perform transactions as that user
Fix:
Change session identifier values after login
Testing case:
Reasoning:
This content may expose sensitive information.
Request/Response:
POST /rhn/LoginSubmit.do;jsessionid=9F4CAB1C17E69337B970A22DF0DB5F43 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/x-ms-application, image/jpeg, application/xaml+xml, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-
xbap, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, application/msword, */*
Referer: https://test.example.com/rhn/Login.do
Accept-Language: en-US
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32)
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Host: test.example.com
Content-Length: 82
DNT: 1
Connection: Keep-Alive
Cache-Control: no-cache
Cookie: JSESSIONID=9F4CAB1C17E69337B970A22DF0DB5F43; CP_GUTC=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.1403034549457528;
Apache=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.1403041341871126; v1st=BEC0EDA2B4A19A7C; CDCountryCookie=en_US; CDTheaterCookie="United States
& Canada"; CDLanguageCookie=en_US; s_nr=1407430855069-Repeat;
ObSSOCookie=RkET6hHDoLm4fPx2aqKF26Y%2Fa91waBAASUmzwhos5FNHp%2FIIPqDWTdi7fFBRsL7LqvskZJnPD10ZBp1ziRYqJMD5ZVluwVgrE
4EndX3vFTnvKq3jaxrtu%2B84QbgZcU2hzkiSMmcjdd70xsxZEIT7zx45uEzFK1nM4l%2FvKeFDQg7jvZUBhxGxfukM6P2cAQFKa7NumcgIzneaZv
pAG4UpP6NZET%2BExjUlmbXbgvL6NdS82HonzHo6KePBg3iMRzg87S3kQJ%2Fzrk5J4%2Bj8HzCEhE41BVf%2BOwtEyo7O37V%2BQ265HspLb6Ryb
idGGRuwRzm9wa74oX1LBBZc7A3%2FJycp2%2FnLRd3mEYxw4bPPIXurALs%3D
csrf_token=7629059496510537188&username=test&password=%password%3F&login_cb=login
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 23:28:32 GMT
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 4746
Connection: close
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GET /rhn/YourRhn.do HTTP/1.0
Cookie: JSESSIONID=5ACEC76708658CEA0000F08A36D230C7; CP_GUTC=173.37.111.55.1403034549457528;
Apache=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX.1403041341871126; v1st=BEC0EDA2B4A19A7C; CDCountryCookie=en_US; CDTheaterCookie="United States
& Canada"; CDLanguageCookie=en_US; s_nr=1407430855069-Repeat;
ObSSOCookie=RkET6hHDoLm4fPx2aqKF26Y%2Fa91waBAASUmzwhos5FNHp%2FIIPqDWTdi7fFBRsL7LqvskZJnPD10ZBp1ziRYqJMD5ZVluwVgrE
4EndX3vFTnvKq3jaxrtu%2B84QbgZcU2hzkiSMmcjdd70xsxZEIT7zx45uEzFK1nM4l%2FvKeFDQg7jvZUBhxGxfukM6P2cAQFKa
...
Environment
- Red Hat Satellite 5.6
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