Details

One class of man-in-the-middle, or session hijacking, attack involves the adversary guessing at valid session identifiers based on patterns in identifiers already known.

The preferred technique for thwarting guesses at Session IDs is the generation of unique session identifiers using a FIPS 140-2 approved random number generator.

However, it is recognized that available DBMS products do not all implement the preferred technique yet may have other protections against session hijacking. Therefore, other techniques are acceptable, provided they are demonstrated to be effective.

Solution

Configure Windows to require the use of FIPS compliant algorithms.

Click Start >> Type ‘Local Security Policy’ >> Press Enter >> Expand ‘Local Policies’ >> Select ‘Security Options’ >> Locate ‘System Cryptography: Use FIPS compliant algorithms for encryption, hashing, and signing.’ >> Change the Setting option to ‘Enabled’ >> Restart Windows

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_SQL_Server_2016_Y22M01_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: System and Communications Protection.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|SC-23(3)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-001188
• Rule-ID|SV-213971r754616_rule
• STIG-ID|SQL6-D0-009200
• STIG-Legacy|SV-93909
• STIG-Legacy|V-79203
• Vuln-ID|V-213971

Source

• Tenable.com/audits