Hello Chris,
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Christopher Schultz <[email protected]>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 14. September 2023 15:26
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: HSTS on 401 / error pages
>
> Thomas,
>
> Please start a new thread next time.
Sorry, I thought removing all content and subject is sufficient. Maybe the
message-id header is used internally(?)
> On 9/14/23 02:20, Thomas Hoffmann (Speed4Trade GmbH) wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I would like to get your opinion about the HttpHeaderSecurityFilter in
> Tomcat.
> > I configured HSTS in Tomcat and it works well.
> > When I do a pen-test with burpsuite it complains that HSTS header is
> missing on 401 responses.
> > I couldn’t find much information about whether HSTS makes sense for
> error pages.
> >
> > It seems that Tomcat doesn’t send HSTS on 401 pages but burpsuite
> expects the header.
> > Are there any pros and cons about sending HSTS on 401 response?
>
> You should always return an HSTS header.
>
> How have you configured your HttpHeaderSecurityFilter? What is causing the
> 401 response? Which application is responding with that status?
>
> -chris
>
Here are the requested details:
SecurityFilter is set in the web.xml of the application:
<filter>
<filter-name>httpHeaderSecurity</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.apache.catalina.filters.HttpHeaderSecurityFilter</filter-class>
<async-supported>true</async-supported>
<init-param>
<param-name>hstsEnabled</param-name>
<param-value>true</param-value>
</init-param>
...
Further down in the web.xml is a constraint:
<security-constraint>
<web-resource-collection>
<web-resource-name>xxx</web-resource-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</web-resource-collection>
<auth-constraint>
<role-name>yyy</role-name>
</auth-constraint>
<user-data-constraint>
<transport-guarantee>CONFIDENTIAL</transport-guarantee>
</user-data-constraint>
</security-constraint>
There is no frontend-server, tomcat is directly accessed from the browser.
It seems that burpsuite didn’t send authentication in the first place and this
resulted in 401.
If I use curl https://<domain>/ I get similar result:
< HTTP/1.1 401
< WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate
< Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
< Content-Language: de
< Content-Length: 439
< Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:58:10 GMT
When providing credentials to curl, the following headers are also included:
< Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000;includeSubDomains
< X-Frame-Options: DENY
< X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
< X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
I hope this information helps.
Thanks in advance!
Thomas
