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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 generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to add privileges/permissions occur.

    <VulnDiscussion>Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000328

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000329

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000496-DB-000334

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when security objects are modified.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, and functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, a...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000496-DB-000335

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and r...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000498-DB-000346

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Audit records must be generated when categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) is created.

    &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
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  • SRG-APP-000498-DB-000346

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • Audit records must be generated when categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) is modified.

    &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
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  • SRG-APP-000498-DB-000347

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are added.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...
    Rule Medium Severity
    Show

  • SRG-APP-000495-DB-000327

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  • SRG-APP-000001-DB-000031

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must limit the number of concurrent sessions to an organization-defined number per user for all accounts and/or account types.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions utilizing a DBMS. Unlimited concurr...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enterprise environments make account management for applications and databases challenging and complex. A manual process for ...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000033-DB-000084

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authentication with a DOD-approved PKI certificate does not necessarily imply authorization to access the DBMS. To mitigate t...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000080-DB-000063

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must protect against a user falsely repudiating having performed organization-defined actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Nonrepudiation of actions taken is required in order to maintain data integrity. Examples of particular actions taken by indi...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000089-DB-000064

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must provide audit record generation capability for DOD-defined auditable events within all EDB Postgres Advanced Server/database components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000090-DB-000065

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must allow only the ISSM (or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM) to select which auditable events are to be audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000092-DB-000208

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must initiate support of session auditing upon startup.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Session auditing is for use when a user's activities are under investigation. Typically, this DBMS capability would be used ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000095-DB-000039

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish what type of events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing what type of event oc...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000096-DB-000040

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must produce audit records containing time stamps to establish when the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing when events occurred,...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000097-DB-000041

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish where the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing where events occurred...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000098-DB-000042

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the sources (origins) of the events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing the source of the eve...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000099-DB-000043

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the outcome (success or failure) of the events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information about the outcome of e...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000100-DB-000201

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject or process associated with the event.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information that establishes the i...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000101-DB-000044

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  • The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must include additional, more detailed, organization-defined information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Reconstruction of harmful events or forens...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000049

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