The Central Log Server must provide a logout capability for user initiated communication session.

Severity	Group ID	Group Title	Version	Rule ID	Date	STIG Version
medium	V-221923	SRG-APP-000296	SRG-APP-000296-AU-000560	SV-221923r961224_rule	2024-12-04	3

Description
If a user cannot explicitly end an application session, the session may remain open and be exploited by an attacker; this is referred to as a zombie session. Information resources to which users gain access via authentication include, for example, local workstations, databases, and password-protected websites/web-based services. However, for some types of interactive sessions including, for example, file transfer protocol (FTP) sessions, information systems typically send logout messages as final messages prior to terminating sessions.

Description

If a user cannot explicitly end an application session, the session may remain open and be exploited by an attacker; this is referred to as a zombie session. Information resources to which users gain access via authentication include, for example, local workstations, databases, and password-protected websites/web-based services. However, for some types of interactive sessions including, for example, file transfer protocol (FTP) sessions, information systems typically send logout messages as final messages prior to terminating sessions.

ℹ️ Check
Examine the configuration. Verify that the Central Log Server provides a logout capability for user initiated sessions. If the Central Log Server does not provide a logout capability for user initiated sessions, this is a finding.

✔️ Fix
Configure the Central Log Server to provide a logout capability for user initiated sessions.