I - Mission Critical Sensitive
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-APP-000171-DB-000074
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must encrypt passwords for user authentication.
<VulnDiscussion>The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. Authentication based on User ID and Password may be us...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000176-DB-000068
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must enforce authorized access to all PKI private keys stored/utilized by PostgreSQL.
<VulnDiscussion>The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. PKI certificate-based authentication is performed by re...Rule High Severity -
SRG-APP-000224-DB-000384
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.
<VulnDiscussion>One class of man-in-the-middle, or session hijacking, attack involves the adversary guessing at valid session identifiers bas...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000226-DB-000147
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must write log entries to disk prior to returning operation success or failure.
<VulnDiscussion>Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000266-DB-000162
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must provide nonprivileged users with minimal error information.
<VulnDiscussion>Any DBMS or associated application providing too much information in error messages on the screen or printout risks compromis...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000356-DB-000314
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must have log collection enabled.
<VulnDiscussion>Without the ability to centrally manage the content captured in the audit records, identification, troubleshooting, and corre...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000374-DB-000322
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for log timestamps.
<VulnDiscussion>If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analys...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000503-DB-000350
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must log all connection attempts.
<VulnDiscussion>For completeness of forensic analysis, it is necessary to track successful and failed attempts to log on to PostgreSQL. Setti...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000505-DB-000352
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must log all client disconnections.
<VulnDiscussion>Disconnection may be initiated by the user or forced by the system (as in a timeout) or result from a system or network failu...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The vCenter PostgreSQL service must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility.
<VulnDiscussion>Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...Rule Medium Severity
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