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Crunchy Data Postgres 16 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000092-DB-000208

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish what type of events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing what type of event oc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000096-DB-000040

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing time stamps to establish when the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing when events occurred,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000097-DB-000041

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish where the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing where events occurred...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000098-DB-000042

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the sources (origins) of the events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing the source of the eve...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000099-DB-000043

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the outcome (success or failure) of the events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information about the outcome of e...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000100-DB-000201

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject or process associated with the event.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information that establishes the i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000101-DB-000044

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must include additional, more detailed, organization-defined information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Reconstruction of harmful events or forens...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must, by default, shut down upon audit failure, to include the unavailability of space for more audit log records; or must be configurable to shut down upon audit failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the DBMS is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate the fai...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000321

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must be configurable to overwrite audit log records, oldest first (first-in-first-out [FIFO]), in the event of unavailability of space for more audit log records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when PostgreSQL is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate the f...
    Rule Medium Severity

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