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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000001-DB-000031

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  • VMware Postgres must limit the number of connections.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions utilizing a database management sys...
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  • SRG-APP-000089-DB-000064

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  • VMware Postgres log files must contain required fields.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
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  • SRG-APP-000090-DB-000065

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  • VMware Postgres configuration files must not be accessible by unauthorized users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;VMware Postgres has a few configuration files that directly control the security posture of the database management system (D...
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  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000321

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  • VMware Postgres must be configured to overwrite older logs when necessary.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without proper configuration, log files for VMware Postgres can grow without bound, filling the partition and potentially aff...
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  • SRG-APP-000118-DB-000059

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  • The VMware Postgres database must protect log files from unauthorized access and modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicio...
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  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000200

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  • All vCenter database (VCDB) tables must be owned by the "vc" user account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Within the database, object ownership implies full privileges to the owned object, including the privilege to assign access t...
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  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000362

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  • VMware Postgres must limit modify privileges to authorized accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If VMware Postgres were to allow any user to make changes to database structure or logic, those changes might be implemented ...
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  • SRG-APP-000142-DB-000094

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  • VMware Postgres must be configured to use the correct port.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embeddi...
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  • SRG-APP-000148-DB-000103

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  • VMware Postgres must require authentication on all connections.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
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  • SRG-APP-000171-DB-000074

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  • The vPostgres database must use "md5" for authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates. Authentication based on us...
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  • SRG-APP-000172-DB-000075

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  • VMware Postgres must be configured to use Transport Layer Security (TLS).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates. Authentication based on use...
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  • SRG-APP-000176-DB-000068

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  • VMware Postgres must enforce authorized access to all public key infrastructure (PKI) private keys.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. PKI certificate-based authentication is performed by re...
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  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

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  • VMware Postgres must use FIPS 140-2 approved Transport Layer Security (TLS) ciphers.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or unvalidated cryptographic algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption and digital signatures to pro...
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  • SRG-APP-000226-DB-000147

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  • VMware Postgres must write log entries to disk prior to returning operation success or failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure...
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  • SRG-APP-000233-DB-000124

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  • VMware Postgres must not allow schema access to unauthorized accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database management systems typically separate security functionality from nonsecurity functionality via separate databases o...
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  • SRG-APP-000266-DB-000162

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  • VMware Postgres must provide nonprivileged users with minimal error information.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any database management system (DBMS) or associated application providing too much information in error messages on the scree...
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  • SRG-APP-000356-DB-000314

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  • VMware Postgres must have log collection enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and corre...
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  • SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319

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  • VMware Postgres must be configured to log to "stderr".

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and corre...
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  • SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319

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  • "Rsyslog" must be configured to monitor VMware Postgres logs.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For performance reasons, "rsyslog" file monitoring is preferred over configuring VMware Postgres to send events to a "syslog"...
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  • SRG-APP-000374-DB-000322

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  • VMware Postgres must use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for log timestamps.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analys...
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