[jbossseam-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (JBSEAM-2450) OWASP / New Session after Login

OWASP / New Session after Login ------------------------------- Key: JBSEAM-2450 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBSEAM-2450 Project: Seam Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Security Affects Versions: 2.0.0.GA Environment: Linux 2.6, jetty 6.1.5, java 6 Reporter: ahus1 Assignee: Shane Bryzak Hello, OWASP has compiled a "top 10" vulnerablilities for web applications. One suggestion against session hijacking was the following: Start a new HTTP-Session after a successful login: "Consider regenerating a new session upon successful authentication or privilege level change." http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Top_10_2007-A7 Therefore there should be a (configurable?) switch to choose "continue with new session ID after successful log on" I have thought of invalidating the current HTTP session, creating a new one and copying all elements from the old session to the new session in my Authenticator. But Seam 2.0.0 doesn't allow this: When I use the lowlevel functions this is blocked by IllegalStateException("Please end the HttpSession via Seam.invalidateSession()") in Lifecyle. When I use Seam.invalidateSession(), the session is only destroyed at the end of the request and I am unable to copy any objects in my Authenticator as the new session doesn't exist yet. The workaround I have come up with is a filter, that destroys the complete session before the log in. This is not very elegant, but it works for me as I don't have i.e. a shoping basket that I'd like to preserve. A "nice" implementation in seam shouldn't have this limitation. shane.bryzak(a)jboss.com asked for this ticket to be assigned to her. The Java Class: Code: /** * This filter enforces a new session whenever there is a POST, should be mapped * to the URL of the login page in your web.xml * @author Alexander Schwartz 2007 */ public class NewSessionFilter implements Filter { private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(NewSessionFilter.class); private String url; public void destroy() { // empty. } public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException { if (request instanceof HttpServletRequest) { HttpServletRequest httpRequest = (HttpServletRequest) request; if (httpRequest.getMethod().equals("POST") && httpRequest.getSession() != null && !httpRequest.getSession().isNew() && httpRequest.getRequestURI().endsWith(url)) { httpRequest.getSession().invalidate(); httpRequest.getSession(true); log.info("new Session:" + httpRequest.getSession().getId()); } } chain.doFilter(request, response); } public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException { url = filterConfig.getInitParameter("url"); if (url == null) { throw new ServletException( "please specify parameter 'url' with login URL"); } } } The web.xml: Code: <filter> <display-name>NewSessionFilter</display-name> <filter-name>NewSessionFilter</filter-name> <filter-class> NewSessionFilter </filter-class> <init-param> <param-name>url</param-name> <param-value>/iss/login.jsf</param-value> </init-param> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>NewSessionFilter</filter-name> <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/iss/login.jsf</url-pattern> <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher> </filter-mapping>