The DataPower Gateway must provide a logout capability for administrator-initiated communication sessions.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If an administrator cannot explicitly end a device management session, the session may remain open and be exploited by an attacker; this is referred to as a zombie session.
- ID
- SV-79613r2_rule
- Version
- WSDP-NM-000082
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
Configure the DataPower Gateway Web Management service used by an administrator, to include an idle timeout (Objects >> Device Management >> Web Management Service): The time after which to invalidate idle administrator sessions. When invalidated, the web interface requires reauthentication.
For the SSH command-line interface used by an administrator, use the web interface (Objects >> Crypto Configuration >> SSH Client Profile) to configure an SSH Client Profile for the administrator user ID. Configure the "Persistent Idle Timeout" to 900 or less.