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EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

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

    <VulnDiscussion>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-000178-DB-000083

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must record time stamps in audit records and application data that can be mapped to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, formerly 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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  • When using command-line tools such as psql, users must use a logon method that does not expose the password.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the compromise of authentication information, such as passwords and PINs, during the authentication process, the f...
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  • SRG-APP-000178-DB-000083

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  • Applications must obscure feedback of authentication information during the authentication process to protect the information from possible exploitation/use by unauthorized individuals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To prevent the compromise of authentication information, such as passwords and PINs, during the authentication process, the f...
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  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000179-DB-000114

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  • 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.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;PostgreSQL uses OpenSSL for the underlying encryption layer. It must be installed on an operating system that contains a cert...
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  • SRG-APP-000180-DB-000115

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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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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000211-DB-000122

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000220-DB-000149

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  • 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000231-DB-000154

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  • 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 ...
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  • SRG-APP-000233-DB-000124

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  • SRG-APP-000502-DB-000349

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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...
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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 DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Da...
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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 DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Per...
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  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000160

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must reveal detailed error messages only to the ISSO, ISSM, SA, and 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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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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 the to make security-related access-control ...
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  • SRG-APP-000313-DB-000309

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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 the DBMS to make security-related access-con...
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  • SRG-APP-000314-DB-000310

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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 the DBMS to make security-related access-con...
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  • SRG-APP-000328-DB-000301

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server 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 d...
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  • SRG-APP-000340-DB-000304

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