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EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000090

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Default, demonstration and sample databases, database objects, and applications must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000091

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Unused database components, EDB Postgres Advanced Server software, and database objects must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000092

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Unused database components which are integrated in the EDB Postgres Advanced Server and cannot be uninstalled must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000093

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Access to external executables must be disabled or restricted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142-DB-000094

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148-DB-000103

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000164-DB-000401

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If DBMS authentication, using passwords, is employed, EDB Postgres Advanced Server must enforce the DOD standards for password complexity and lifetime.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;OS/enterprise authentication and identification must be used (SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001). Native DBMS authentication may be us...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000171-DB-000074

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If passwords are used for authentication, the EDB Postgres Advanced Server must store only hashed, salted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. Authentication based on User ID and Password may be us...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000172-DB-000075

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • If passwords are used for authentication, the EDB Postgres Advanced Server must transmit only encrypted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. Authentication based on User ID and Password may be us...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000175-DB-000067

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server, when utilizing PKI-based authentication, must validate certificates by performing RFC 5280-compliant certification path validation.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. A certificate's certification path is the path from th...
    Rule Medium Severity

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