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The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the database(s) and concurrent logons/connections by the same user from different workstations.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to know how long a user's (or other principal's) connection to the DBMS lasts. This can be achieved by recording disconnections, in addition to logons/connections, in the audit logs. Disconnection may be initiated by the user or forced by the system (as in a timeout) or result from a system or network failure. To the greatest extent possible, all disconnections must be logged. Concurrent connections by the same user from multiple workstations may be valid use of the system; or such connections may be due to improper circumvention of the requirement to use the CAC for authentication; or they may indicate unauthorized account sharing; or they may be because an account has been compromised. (If the fact of multiple, concurrent logons by a given user can be reliably reconstructed from the log entries for other events [logons/connections; voluntary and involuntary disconnections], then it is not mandatory to create additional log entries specifically for this.) Satisfies: SRG-APP-000505-DB-000352,SRG-APP-000506-DB-000353</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-224235r879876_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Execute the following SQL as enterprisedb:

 ALTER SYSTEM SET edb_audit_connect = 'all';
 ALTER SYSTEM SET edb_audit_disconnect = 'all';
 SELECT pg_reload_conf();