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Crunchy Data Postgres 16 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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 using encryption and digital signatures to p...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000180-DB-000115

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must uniquely identify and authenticate nonorganizational users (or processes acting on behalf of nonorganizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Nonorganizational users include all information system users other than organizational users, which include organizational em...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000211-DB-000122

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer databases, network components, worksta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000220-DB-000149

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must invalidate session identifiers upon user logout or other session termination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Captured sessions can be reused in "replay" attacks. This requirement limits the ability of adversaries to capture and contin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000224-DB-000384

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;One class of man-in-the-middle, or session hijacking, attack involves the adversary guessing at valid session identifiers bas...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000231-DB-000154

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must protect the confidentiality and integrity of all information at rest.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This control is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest in nonmobile devices and covers ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000233-DB-000124

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • PostgreSQL must isolate security functions from nonsecurity functions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;An isolation boundary provides access control and protects the integrity of the hardware, software, and firmware that perform...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000243-DB-000128

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

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

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • Access to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Per...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000160

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • When updates are applied to the PostgreSQL software, any software components that have been replaced or made unnecessary must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Previous versions of PostgreSQL components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed...
    Rule Medium Severity

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