The F5 BIG-IP appliance must be configured to restrict a consistent inbound IP for the entire management session.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-266167 | SRG-NET-000230-ALG-000113 | F5BI-AP-300156 | SV-266167r1024399_rule | 2024-09-20 | 1 |
| Description |
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| This security measure helps limit the effects of denial-of-service attacks by employing antisession hijacking security safeguards. Session hijacking, also called cookie hijacking, is the exploitation of a valid computer session to gain unauthorized access to an application. The attacker steals (or hijacks) the cookies from a valid user and attempts to use them for authentication. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. System. 2. Preferences. 3. Under Security Settings, verify "Require A Consistent Inbound IP For The Entire Web Session" box is checked. From the BIG-IP Console: tmsh list sys httpd auth-pam-validate-ip Note: This returns a value of "on". If the BIG-IP appliance is not configured to require a consistent inbound IP for the entire session for management sessions, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| From the BIG-IP GUI: 1. System. 2. Preferences. 3. Under Security Settings, check "Require A Consistent Inbound IP For The Entire Web Session". 4. Click "Update". From the BIG-IP Console: tmsh modify sys httpd auth-pam-validate-ip on tmsh save sys config |