V-206402
Web Server Security Requirements Guide
Title
The web server must generate a session ID using as much of the character set as possible to reduce the risk of brute force.
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Generating a session identifier (ID) that is not easily guessed through brute force is essential to deter several types of session attacks. By knowing the session ID, an attacker can hijack a user session that has already been user-authenticated by the hosted application. The attacker does not need to guess user identifiers and passwords or have a secure token since the user session has already been authenticated. By generating session IDs that contain as much of the character s...
Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)
Configure the web server to use at least A-Z, a-z, and 0-9 to generate session IDs.