VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide
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"Rsyslog" must be configured to monitor VMware Postgres logs.
For performance reasons, "rsyslog" file monitoring is preferred over configuring VMware Postgres to send events to a "syslog" facility. Without ensuring that logs are created, that "rsyslog" config...Rule Medium Severity -
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VMware Postgres must use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for log timestamps.
If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by VMware Postgres must include date and time ...Rule Medium Severity -
VMware Postgres must be configured to overwrite older logs when necessary.
Without proper configuration, log files for VMware Postgres can grow without bound, filling the partition and potentially affecting the availability of the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). One part...Rule Medium Severity -
The VMware Postgres database must protect log files from unauthorized access and modification.
If audit data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In...Rule Medium Severity -
VMware Postgres must be configured to use Transport Layer Security (TLS).
The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates. Authentication based on user ID and password may be used only when it is not possible to employ a P...Rule High Severity -
VMware Postgres must use FIPS 140-2 approved Transport Layer Security (TLS) ciphers.
Use of weak or unvalidated cryptographic algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption and digital signatures to protect data. Weak algorithms can be broken, and unvalidated cryptographic ...Rule High Severity -
VMware Postgres must write log entries to disk prior to returning operation success or failure.
Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure of the information system or a component of the system. Preserving syst...Rule Medium Severity -
VMware Postgres must provide nonprivileged users with minimal error information.
Any database management system (DBMS) or associated application providing too much information in error messages on the screen or printout risks compromising the data and security of the system. Th...Rule Medium Severity -
VMware Postgres must be configured to log to "stderr".
Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and correlation of suspicious behavior would be difficult and could lead to a del...Rule Medium Severity
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