Access to database files must be limited to relevant processes and to authorized, administrative users.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Applications, including DBMSs, must prevent unauthorized and unintended information transfer via shared system resources. Permitting only DBMS processes and authorized, administrative users to have access to the files where the database resides helps ensure that those files are not shared inappropriately and are not open to backdoor access and manipulation.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-224181r879649_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
If the postgresql data directory and its contents are not owned by the database service account or other user as documented and approved in the system documentation, change ownership to an authorized user.
Modify permissions on the data directory and its contents to meet the requirement to protect against unauthorized access.
This may be done using Windows Explorer:
Browse to the directory where the EDB audit directory folder is located.