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Oracle Database 11.2g Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000220-DB-000149
The DBMS must terminate user sessions upon user logout or any other organization or policy-defined session termination events, such as idle time limit exceeded.
The DBMS must terminate user sessions upon user logout or any other organization or policy-defined session termination events, such as idle time limit exceeded. An XCCDF Rule
The DBMS must terminate user sessions upon user logout or any other organization or policy-defined session termination events, such as idle time limit exceeded.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>This requirement focuses on communications protection at the application session, versus network packet, level.
Session IDs are tokens generated by web applications to uniquely identify an application user's session. Applications will make application decisions and execute business logic based on the session ID. Unique session identifiers or IDs are the opposite of sequentially generated session IDs, which can be easily guessed by an attacker. Unique session IDs help to reduce predictability of said identifiers. Unique session IDs address man-in-the-middle attacks, including session hijacking or insertion of false information into a session. If the attackers are unable to identify or guess the session information related to pending application traffic, they will have more difficulty in hijacking the session or otherwise manipulating valid sessions. When a user logs out, or when any other session termination event occurs, the application must terminate the user session to minimize the potential for an attacker to hijack that particular user session.
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