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VMware vSphere 8.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-APP-000090-DB-000065

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  • SRG-APP-000001-DB-000031

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must limit the number of concurrent sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Database management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions utilizing a database management sys...
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  • SRG-APP-000089-DB-000064

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must enable "pgaudit" to provide audit record generation capabilities.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service configuration files must not be accessible by unauthorized users.

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

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must generate audit records.

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

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must initiate session auditing upon startup.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Session auditing is for use when a user's activities are under investigation. To be sure of capturing all activity during tho...
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  • SRG-APP-000095-DB-000039

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must produce logs 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000118-DB-000059

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must be configured to protect log files from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ma...
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  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000091

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must not load unused database components, software, and database objects.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
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  • SRG-APP-000142-DB-000094

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must be configured to use an authorized port.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;In order to prevent unauthorized connection of devices, unauthorized transfer of information, or unauthorized tunneling (i.e....
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  • SRG-APP-000148-DB-000103

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must require authentication on all connections.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
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  • SRG-APP-000171-DB-000074

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must encrypt passwords for user authentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. Authentication based on User ID and Password may be us...
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  • SRG-APP-000176-DB-000068

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must have log collection enabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and corre...
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  • SRG-APP-000374-DB-000322

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must enforce authorized access to all PKI private keys stored/utilized by PostgreSQL.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. PKI certificate-based authentication is performed by re...
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  • SRG-APP-000224-DB-000384

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service 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...
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  • SRG-APP-000226-DB-000147

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must write log entries to disk prior to returning operation success or failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure...
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  • SRG-APP-000266-DB-000162

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must provide nonprivileged users with minimal error information.

    &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-000356-DB-000314

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for log timestamps.

    &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-000503-DB-000350

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must log all connection attempts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track successful and failed attempts to log on to PostgreSQL. Setti...
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  • SRG-APP-000505-DB-000352

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must log all client disconnections.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Disconnection may be initiated by the user or forced by the system (as in a timeout) or result from a system or network failu...
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  • SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318

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  • The vCenter PostgreSQL service must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...
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