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Crunchy Data PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000340-DB-000304

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  • PostgreSQL must prevent non-privileged users from executing privileged functions, to include disabling, circumventing, or altering implemented security safeguards/countermeasures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing non-privileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or proce...
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  • SRG-APP-000177-DB-000069

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  • PostgreSQL must map the PKI-authenticated identity to an associated user account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. Once a PKI certificate has been validated, it must be m...
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  • SRG-APP-000243-DB-000128

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  • Database contents must be protected from unauthorized and unintended information transfer by enforcement of a data-transfer policy.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications, including PostgreSQL, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources...
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  • SRG-APP-000243-DB-000374

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  • Access to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications, including PostgreSQL, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources...
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  • SRG-APP-000122-DB-000203

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  • PostgreSQL must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
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  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

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  • PostgreSQL must use NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules for cryptographic operations.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or not validated cryptographic algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption and digital signatures ...
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  • SRG-APP-000502-DB-000348

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  • Audit records must be generated when categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) is deleted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in categorized information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go un...
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  • SRG-APP-000507-DB-000356

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  • PostgreSQL must generate audit records when successful accesses to objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without tracking all or selected types of access to all or selected objects (tables, views, procedures, functions, etc.), it ...
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  • SRG-APP-000508-DB-000358

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  • PostgreSQL must generate audit records for all direct access to the database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In this context, direct access is any query, command, or call to the DBMS that comes from any source other than the applicati...
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  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

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  • The DBMS must be configured on a platform that has a NIST certified FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 installation of OpenSSL.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;PostgreSQL uses OpenSSL for the underlying encryption layer. It must be installed on an operating system that contains a cert...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000456-DB-000400

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  • PostgreSQL products must be a version supported by the vendor.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unsupported commercial and database systems should not be used because fixes to newly identified bugs will not be implemented...
    Rule High Severity
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  • PostgreSQL must implement NIST FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 validated cryptographic modules to protect unclassified information requiring confidentiality and cryptographic protection, in accordance with the data owner’s requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The applicatio...
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  • PostgreSQL must use NSA-approved cryptography to protect classified information in accordance with the data owner’s requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Use of weak or untested encryption algorithms undermines the purposes of utilizing encryption to protect data. The applicatio...
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