PostgreSQL must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit data. Applications providing tools to interface with audit data will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools and the corresponding rights the user enjoys in order make access decisions regarding the modification of audit tools. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-233618r960942_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Apply or modify access controls and permissions (both within PostgreSQL and in the file system/operating system) to tools used to view or modify audit log data. Tools must be configurable by authorized personnel only.
$ sudo su - postgres
$ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf
log_file_mode = 0600