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EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000179

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  • Software, applications, and configuration files that are part of, or related to, the EDB Postgres Advanced Server installation must be monitored to discover unauthorized changes.

    If the system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appropriate testing and approvals that are part of a robus...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000179

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  • SRG-APP-000172-DB-000075

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  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000198

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  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000199

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  • Database software, including EDB Postgres Advanced Server configuration files, must be stored in dedicated directories, separate from the host OS and other applications.

    When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the information system and/or application can potentially have signi...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000200

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  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000362

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  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000090

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  • Default, demonstration and sample databases, database objects, and applications must be removed.

    Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizatio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000091

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  • Unused database components, EDB Postgres Advanced Server software, and database objects must be removed.

    Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizatio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000092

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  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000093

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  • SRG-APP-000142-DB-000094

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must be configured to prohibit or restrict the use of organization-defined functions, ports, protocols, and/or services, as defined in the PPSM CAL and vulnerability assessments.

    In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e., embedding of data types within data types), organizations must disable...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148-DB-000103

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  • SRG-APP-000164-DB-000401

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  • If DBMS authentication, using passwords, is employed, EDB Postgres Advanced Server must enforce the DOD standards for password complexity and lifetime.

    OS/enterprise authentication and identification must be used (SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001). Native DBMS authentication may be used only when circumstances make it unavoidable, and must be documented a...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000171-DB-000074

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  • SRG-APP-000175-DB-000067

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  • SRG-APP-000176-DB-000068

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must enforce authorized access to all PKI private keys stored/used by the EDB Postgres Advanced Server.

    The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. PKI certificate-based authentication is performed by requiring the certificate holder to cryptographically prove possession of ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000177-DB-000069

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

    The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. Once a PKI certificate has been validated, it must be mapped to a DBMS user account for the authenticated identity to be meanin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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).

    If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the DBMS must include date and time. Time ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000375-DB-000323

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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.

    To prevent the compromise of authentication information, such as passwords and PINs, during the authentication process, the feedback from the information system must not provide any information tha...
    Rule High Severity
  • 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.

    Use of weak or not validated cryptographic algorithms undermines the purposes of using encryption and digital signatures to protect data. Weak algorithms can be easily broken and not validated cryp...
    Rule High Severity
  • 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.

    PostgreSQL uses OpenSSL for the underlying encryption layer. It must be installed on an operating system that contains a certified FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 distribution of OpenSSL. For other operating s...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000180-DB-000115

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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.

    Information system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer databases, network components, workstations, or servers and typically requires privileged user access. The se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000220-DB-000149

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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.

    This control is intended to address the confidentiality and integrity of information at rest in nonmobile devices and covers user information and system information. Information at rest refers to t...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000233-DB-000124

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  • SRG-APP-000502-DB-000349

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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.

    Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Data used for the development and testing of applications often involves c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000243-DB-000374

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  • Access to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.

    Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Permitting only DBMS processes and authorized, administrative users to have...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000160

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  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000391

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  • SRG-APP-000251-DB-000392

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