II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000442-DB-000379
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information during reception.
<VulnDiscussion>Information can be either unintentionally or maliciously disclosed or modified during reception, including, for example, duri...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000133-DB-000200
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Database objects (including but not limited to tables, indexes, storage, trigger procedures, functions, links to software external to PostgreSQL, etc.) must be owned by database/DBMS principals authorized for ownership.
<VulnDiscussion>Within the database, object ownership implies full privileges to the owned object, including the privilege to assign access t...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000133-DB-000198
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The PostgreSQL software installation account must be restricted to authorized users.
<VulnDiscussion>When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000133-DB-000199
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Database software, including PostgreSQL configuration files, must be stored in dedicated directories separate from the host OS and other applications.
<VulnDiscussion>When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted, any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware component...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000101-DB-000044
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must include additional, more detailed, organization-defined information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.
<VulnDiscussion>Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Reconstruction of harmful events or forens...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000342-DB-000302
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
Execution of software modules (to include functions and trigger procedures) with elevated privileges must be restricted to necessary cases only.
<VulnDiscussion>In certain situations, to provide required functionality, PostgreSQL needs to execute internal logic (stored procedures, func...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000447-DB-000393
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
When invalid inputs are received, PostgreSQL must behave in a predictable and documented manner that reflects organizational and system objectives.
<VulnDiscussion>A common vulnerability is unplanned behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adverse or uni...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000356-DB-000314
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must utilize centralized management of the content captured in audit records generated by all components of PostgreSQL.
<VulnDiscussion>Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and corre...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000233-DB-000124
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must isolate security functions from non-security functions.
<VulnDiscussion>An isolation boundary provides access control and protects the integrity of the hardware, software, and firmware that perform...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000381-DB-000361
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must produce audit records of its enforcement of access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of PostgreSQL or database(s).
<VulnDiscussion>Without auditing the enforcement of access restrictions against changes to configuration, it would be difficult to identify a...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000118-DB-000059
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The audit information produced by PostgreSQL must be protected from unauthorized read access.
<VulnDiscussion>If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially ma...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000454-DB-000389
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
When updates are applied to PostgreSQL software, any software components that have been replaced or made unnecessary must be removed.
<VulnDiscussion>Previous versions of PostgreSQL components that are not removed from the information system after updates have been installed...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000494-DB-000344
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) is accessed.
<VulnDiscussion>Changes in categorized information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go un...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000492-DB-000333
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retriev...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000503-DB-000351
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful logons or connection attempts occur.
<VulnDiscussion>For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track failed attempts to log on to PostgreSQL. While positive ident...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000505-DB-000352
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records showing starting and ending time for user access to the database(s).
<VulnDiscussion>For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to know how long a user's (or other principal's) connection to Postgre...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000496-DB-000335
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify security objects occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Changes in the database objects (tables, views, procedures, functions) that record and control permissions, privileges, and r...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000495-DB-000326
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when privileges/permissions are added.
<VulnDiscussion>Changes in the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unautho...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000502-DB-000349
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Changes in categorized information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go un...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000503-DB-000350
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when successful logons or connections occur.
<VulnDiscussion>For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track who/what (a user or other principal) logs on to PostgreSQL.&l...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000501-DB-000336
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when security objects are deleted.
<VulnDiscussion>The removal of security objects from the database/PostgreSQL would seriously degrade a system's information assurance posture...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000499-DB-000331
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges/permissions occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must be able to generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved.
<VulnDiscussion>Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000498-DB-000347
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.
<VulnDiscussion>Changes in categorized information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go un...Rule Medium Severity
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