The network device must invalidate session identifiers upon administrator logout or other session termination.

From Network Device Management Security Requirements Guide

Associated with: CCI-001185

SV-69407r1_rule The network device must invalidate session identifiers upon administrator logout or other session termination.

Vulnerability discussion

Captured sessions can be reused in "replay" attacks. This requirement limits the ability of adversaries to capture and to continue to employ previously valid session IDs. This requirement is applicable to devices that use a web interface for device management.Session IDs are tokens generated by web applications to uniquely identify an application user's session. Applications will make application decisions and execute business logic based on the session ID. Unique session identifiers or IDs are the opposite of sequentially generated session IDs which can be easily guessed by an attacker. Unique session IDs help to reduce predictability of said identifiers. If a device uses a web interface for device management, when an administrator logs out, or when any other session termination event occurs, the device management web application must invalidate the session identifier to minimize the potential for an attacker to hijack that particular management session.

Check content

If the network device uses a web interface for device management, determine if the network device invalidates session identifiers upon administrator logout or other session termination. This requirement may be verified by validated test results. If the network device does not invalidate session identifiers upon administrator logout or other session termination, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the network device to invalidate session identifiers upon administrator logout or other session termination.

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