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  • SRG-APP-000211-DB-000122

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must separate user functionality (including user interface services) from database management functionality.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system management functionality includes functions necessary to administer databases, network components, worksta...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000092-DB-000208

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must initiate session auditing upon startup.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Session auditing is for use when a user's activities are under investigation. To ensure the capture of all activity during th...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000428-DB-000386

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must implement cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized modification of organization-defined information at rest (to include, at a minimum, PII and classified information) on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;PostgreSQLs handling data requiring data-at-rest protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized dis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000098-DB-000042

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the sources (origins) of the events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing the source of the eve...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000091

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    Group
  • Unused database components, PostgreSQL software, and database objects must be removed.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000093

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    Group
  • Access to external executables must be disabled or restricted.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000141-DB-000092

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    Group
  • Unused database components that are integrated in PostgreSQL and cannot be uninstalled must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, pr...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000313-DB-000309

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must associate organization-defined types of security labels having organization-defined security label values with information in process.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the association of security labels to information, there is no basis for PostgreSQL to make security-related access-c...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000171-DB-000074

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    Group
  • If passwords are used for authentication, PostgreSQL must store only hashed, salted representations of passwords.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000380-DB-000360

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must enforce access restrictions associated with changes to the configuration of PostgreSQL or database(s).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to provide logical access restrictions associated with changes to configuration may have significant effects on the o...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000080-DB-000063

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must protect against a user falsely repudiating having performed organization-defined actions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Non-repudiation of actions taken is required in order to maintain data integrity. Examples of particular actions taken by ind...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319

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    Group
  • The system must provide a warning to appropriate support staff when allocated audit record storage volume reaches 75 percent of maximum audit record storage capacity.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Organizations are required to use a central log management system, so under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to P...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000516-DB-000363

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must provide the means for individuals in authorized roles to change the auditing to be performed on all application components, based on all selectable event criteria within organization-defined time thresholds.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If authorized individuals do not have the ability to modify auditing parameters in response to a changing threat environment,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000389-DB-000372

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must require users to reauthenticate when organization-defined circumstances or situations require reauthentication.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DOD standard for authentication of an interactive user is the presentation of a Common Access Card (CAC) or other physica...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000176-DB-000068

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must enforce authorized access to all PKI private keys stored/utilized by PostgreSQL.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The DoD standard for authentication is DoD-approved PKI certificates. PKI certificate-based authentication is performed by re...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000427-DB-000385

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must only accept end entity certificates issued by DoD PKI or DoD-approved PKI Certification Authorities (CAs) for the establishment of all encrypted sessions.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only DoD-approved external PKIs have been evaluated to ensure security controls and identity vetting procedures are in place ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000095-DB-000039

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish what type of events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing what type of event oc...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000429-DB-000387

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must implement cryptographic mechanisms preventing the unauthorized disclosure of organization-defined information at rest on organization-defined information system components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;PostgreSQLs handling data requiring data-at-rest protections must employ cryptographic mechanisms to prevent unauthorized dis...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000220-DB-000149

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must invalidate session identifiers upon user logout or other session termination.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Captured sessions can be reused in "replay" attacks. This requirement limits the ability of adversaries to capture and contin...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000121-DB-000202

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must protect its audit features from unauthorized access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Depending up...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000096-DB-000040

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing time stamps to establish when the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing when events occurred,...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000123-DB-000204

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must protect its audit features from unauthorized removal.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, pro...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000515-DB-000318

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must off-load audit data to a separate log management facility; this must be continuous and in near real time for systems with a network connection to the storage facility and weekly or more often for stand-alone systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information stored in one location is vulnerable to accidental or incidental deletion or alteration. Off-loading is a common...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000224-DB-000384

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must maintain the authenticity of communications sessions by guarding against man-in-the-middle attacks that guess at Session ID values.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000148-DB-000103

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must uniquely identify and authenticate organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of organizational users).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To ensure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
    Rule Medium Severity

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