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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-000092-DB-000208

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • SRG-APP-000001-DB-000031

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000089-DB-000064

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000090-DB-000065

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000095-DB-000039

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000118-DB-000059

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000091

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000142-DB-000094

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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....
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000148-DB-000103

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • 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...
    Rule Medium Severity

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