The vCenter ESX Agent Manager service must set an inactive timeout for sessions.

Leaving sessions open indefinitely is a major security risk. An attacker can easily use an already authenticated session to access the hosted application as the previously authenticated user. By closing sessions after a set period of inactivity, the web server can make certain that those sessions that are not closed through the user logging out of an application are eventually closed.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000295-AS-000263, SRG-APP-000389-AS-000253

At the command prompt, run the following command:

# xmllint --format /usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/webapps/eam/WEB-INF/web.xml | sed 's/xmlns=".*"//g' | xmllint --xpath '/web-app/session-config/session-timeout' -

Example result:

<session-timeout>30</session-timeout>

If the value of "session-timeout" is not "30" or less, or is missing, this is a finding.

A value of "0" disables the session timeout. If the value of "session-timeout" is "0", this is a finding.

Navigate to and open:

/usr/lib/vmware-eam/web/webapps/eam/WEB-INF/web.xml

Navigate to the <session-config> node and configure the <session-timeout> as follows:

<session-config> <session-timeout>30</session-timeout> <cookie-config> <http-only>true</http-only> <secure>true</secure> </cookie-config> </session-config>

Restart the service with the following command:

# vmon-cli --restart eam