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Crunchy Data Postgres 16 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000456-DB-000390

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  • PostgreSQL must check the validity of all data inputs except those specifically identified by the organization.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Invalid user input occurs when a user inserts data or characters into an application's data entry fields and the application ...
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  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000391

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  • PostgreSQL and associated applications must reserve the use of dynamic code execution for situations that require it.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;With respect to database management systems, one class of threat is known as SQL Injection, or more generally, code injection...
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  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000392

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  • PostgreSQL and associated applications, when making use of dynamic code execution, must scan input data for invalid values that may indicate a code injection attack.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;With respect to database management systems, one class of threat is known as SQL Injection, or more generally, code injection...
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  • SRG-APP-000266-DB-000162

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  • PostgreSQL must provide nonprivileged users with error messages that provide information necessary for corrective actions without revealing information that could be exploited by adversaries.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Any DBMS or associated application providing too much information in error messages on the screen or printout risks compromis...
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  • SRG-APP-000267-DB-000163

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  • PostgreSQL must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit log failures.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required....
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  • SRG-APP-000374-DB-000322

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  • PostgreSQL must reveal detailed error messages only to the information system security officer (ISSO), information system security manager (ISSM), system administrator (SA), and database administrator (DBA).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the DBMS provides too much information in error logs and administrative messages to the screen, this could lead to comprom...
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  • SRG-APP-000295-DB-000305

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  • PostgreSQL must automatically terminate a user session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of network connections that ...
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  • SRG-APP-000311-DB-000308

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  • PostgreSQL must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in storage.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for PostgreSQL to make security-related access-c...
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  • SRG-APP-000313-DB-000309

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  • PostgreSQL must record time stamps in audit records and application data that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), formerly Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

    &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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  • SRG-APP-000375-DB-000323

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  • PostgreSQL must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for PostgreSQL to make security-related access-c...
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  • SRG-APP-000314-DB-000310

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  • PostgreSQL must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in transmission.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for PostgreSQL to make security-related access-c...
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  • SRG-APP-000328-DB-000301

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  • PostgreSQL must enforce discretionary access control policies, as defined by the data owner, over defined subjects and objects.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Discretionary Access Control (DAC) is based on the notion that individual users are "owners" of objects and therefore have di...
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  • SRG-APP-000340-DB-000304

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

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Preventing nonprivileged users from executing privileged functions mitigates the risk that unauthorized individuals or proces...
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  • SRG-APP-000342-DB-000302

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  • Execution of software modules (to include stored procedures, functions, and triggers) with elevated privileges must be restricted to necessary cases only.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In certain situations, to provide required functionality, PostgreSQL needs to execute internal logic (stored procedures, func...
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  • SRG-APP-000356-DB-000314

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  • PostgreSQL must use centralized management of the content captured in audit records generated by all components of PostgreSQL.

    &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-000357-DB-000316

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  • PostgreSQL must allocate audit record storage capacity in accordance with organization-defined audit record storage requirements.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to ensure sufficient storage capacity for the audit logs, PostgreSQL must be able to allocate audit record storage c...
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  • SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319

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  • PostgreSQL must provide a warning to appropriate support staff when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of maximum audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Organizations are required to use a central log management system so under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to Po...
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  • SRG-APP-000360-DB-000320

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  • PostgreSQL must generate time stamps for audit records and application data with a minimum granularity of one second.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without sufficient granularity of time stamps, it is not possible to adequately determine the chronological order of records....
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  • SRG-APP-000378-DB-000365

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  • PostgreSQL must prohibit user installation of logic modules (stored procedures, functions, triggers, views, etc.) without explicit privileged status.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Allowing regular users to install software without explicit privileges creates the risk that untested or potentially maliciou...
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  • SRG-APP-000380-DB-000360

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  • PostgreSQL must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of the DBMS or database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to configuration may have significant effects on the o...
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  • SRG-APP-000381-DB-000361

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  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records of its enforcement of access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of PostgreSQL or database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to configuration, it would be difficult to identify a...
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  • SRG-APP-000383-DB-000364

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  • PostgreSQL must require users to reauthenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations require reauthentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication of an interactive user is the presentation of a Common Access Card (CAC) or other physica...
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  • SRG-APP-000416-DB-000380

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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 using encryption to protect data. The application mu...
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  • SRG-APP-000427-DB-000385

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  • PostgreSQL must only accept end entity certificates issued by DOD PKI or DOD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of all encrypted sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only DOD-approved external PKIs have been evaluated to ensure that they have security controls and identity vetting procedure...
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  • SRG-APP-000428-DB-000386

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  • PostgreSQL must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of organization-defined information at rest (to include, at a minimum, PII and classified information) on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;PostgreSQLs handling data requiring "data at rest" protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized d...
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