tc Server VCO must set the secure flag for cookies.

From VMware vRealize Automation 7.x tc Server Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-002418

SV-100825r1_rule tc Server VCO must set the secure flag for cookies.

Vulnerability discussion

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.As a Tomcat derivative, tc Server is based in part on the Java Servlet specification. Servlet 3.0 (Java EE 6) introduced a standard way to configure secure attribute for the session cookie, this can be done by applying the correct configuration in web.xml.

Check content

At the command prompt, execute the following command: grep -E '' /etc/vco/app-server/web.xml If the value of the node is not set to "true" or is missing, this is a finding.

Fix text

Navigate to and open /etc/vco/app-server/web.xml. Navigate to the node. Add the --> node setting to the node. Note: The --> node should be configured per the following: true

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