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EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

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

    <VulnDiscussion>PostgreSQL uses OpenSSL for the underlying encryption layer. It must be installed on an operating system that contains a cert...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000180-DB-000115

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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-000231-DB-000154

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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

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