PostgreSQL must generate audit records when categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) is accessed.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-214085r879865_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000172
Updated: 8 months ago

Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA and PGVER environment variables. See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA and APPENDIX-H for PGVER. 

Using pgaudit the DBMS (PostgreSQL) can be configured to audit these requests. See supplementary content APPENDIX-B for documentation on installing pgaudit.  

With pgaudit installed the following configurations can be made:  
$ sudo su - postgres  

$ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf  

Add the following parameters (or edit existing parameters):  

pgaudit.log = 'ddl, write, role'  

Now, as the system administrator, reload the server with the new configuration:  

# SYSTEMD SERVER ONLY  
$ sudo systemctl reload postgresql- ${PGVER?} 

# INITD SERVER ONLY  
$ sudo service postgresql- ${PGVER?} reload

PostgreSQL must generate audit records when categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) is accessed.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure