PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the outcome (success or failure) of the events.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-233512r960903_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Using pgaudit PostgreSQL can be configured to audit various facets of PostgreSQL. See supplementary content APPENDIX-B for documentation on installing pgaudit.
All errors, denials, and unsuccessful requests are logged if logging is enabled. See supplementary content APPENDIX-C for documentation on enabling logging.
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.