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III - Administrative Classified

Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-APP-000023-DB-000001

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  • PostgreSQL must integrate with an organization-level authentication/access mechanism providing account management and automation for all users, groups, roles, and any other principals.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Enterprise environments make account management for applications and databases challenging and complex. A manual process for ...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-APP-000033-DB-000084

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must enforce approved authorizations for logical access to information and system resources in accordance with applicable access control policies.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Authentication with a DOD-approved PKI certificate does not necessarily imply authorization to access PostgreSQL. To mitigate...
    Rule High 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;Nonrepudiation of actions taken is required to maintain data integrity. Examples of particular actions taken by individuals i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000089-DB-000064

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must provide audit record generation capability for DOD-defined auditable events within all DBMS/database components.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to generate audit records, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events r...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000090-DB-000065

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must allow only the information system security manager (ISSM), or individuals or roles appointed by the ISSM, to select which events are to be audited.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000066

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must be able to generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000091-DB-000325

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, i...
    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-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-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-000097-DB-000041

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish where the events occurred.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing where events occurred...
    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-000099-DB-000043

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the outcome (success or failure) of the events.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information about the outcome of e...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000100-DB-000201

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject or process associated with the event.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information that establishes the i...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000101-DB-000044

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must include additional, more detailed, organization-defined information in the audit records for audit events identified by type, location, or subject.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Reconstruction of harmful events or forens...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000049

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must, by default, shut down upon audit failure, to include the unavailability of space for more audit log records; or must be configurable to shut down upon audit failure.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when the DBMS is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate the fai...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000109-DB-000321

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must be configurable to overwrite audit log records, oldest first (first-in-first-out [FIFO]), in the event of unavailability of space for more audit log records.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;It is critical that when PostgreSQL is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required, it take action to mitigate the f...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000118-DB-000059

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    Group
  • The audit information produced by PostgreSQL must be protected from unauthorized read access.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-000119-DB-000060

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    Group
  • The audit information produced by PostgreSQL must be protected from unauthorized modification.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If audit data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicio...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000120-DB-000061

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    Group
  • The audit information produced by PostgreSQL must be protected from unauthorized deletion.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;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-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-000122-DB-000203

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    Group
  • PostgreSQL must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.

    &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-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-000133-DB-000179

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  • PostgreSQL must limit privileges to change software modules, to include stored procedures, functions and triggers, and links to software external to PostgreSQL.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;If the system were to allow any user to make changes to software libraries, then those changes might be implemented without u...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-APP-000133-DB-000198

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    Group
  • The PostgreSQL software installation account must be restricted to authorized users.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;When dealing with change control issues, it should be noted any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components...
    Rule High Severity

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