How do I prevent a Session Fixation attack in JBoss EAP 6

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Issue

  • I need to know how to prevent a Session Fixation attack.
  • Our security team has recently identified a potential security risk in the management of JSESSIONIDs via j_security_check in JBoss EAP 6. The issue is described well enough in this existing JBoss 7 issue here below. Will this be fixed for EAP 6?
    • https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-5315
  • How can we generate a new session id after login?

Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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