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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.

    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 fo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000226-DB-000147

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000266-DB-000162

    Group
  • SRG-APP-000356-DB-000314

    Group
  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must have log collection enabled.

    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
  • SRG-APP-000374-DB-000322

    Group
  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service 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 PostgreSQL must include date and time. Tim...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000503-DB-000350

    Group
  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must log all connection attempts.

    For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track successful and failed attempts to log on to PostgreSQL. Setting "log_connections" to "on" will cause each attempted connection to the...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000505-DB-000352

    Group

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