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The MySQL Database Server 8.0 must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-235108 MYS8-00-002100 SV-235108r623446_rule Medium
Description
Changes to the security configuration must be tracked. This requirement applies to situations where security data is retrieved or modified via data manipulation operations, as opposed to via specialized security functionality. In a SQL environment, types of access include, but are not necessarily limited to: SELECT INSERT UPDATE DELETE EXECUTE To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones.
STIG Date
Oracle MySQL 8.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2022-09-12

Details

Check Text ( C-38327r623444_chk )
Review the system documentation to determine if MySQL Server is required to audit when unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur.

Check if MySQL audit is configured and enabled. The my.cnf file will set the variable audit_file.

To further check, execute the following query:
SELECT PLUGIN_NAME, PLUGIN_STATUS
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.PLUGINS
WHERE PLUGIN_NAME LIKE 'audit%';

The status of the audit_log plugin must be "active". If it is not "active", this is a finding.

Review audit filters and associated users by running the following queries:
SELECT `audit_log_filter`.`NAME`,
`audit_log_filter`.`FILTER`
FROM `mysql`.`audit_log_filter`;

SELECT `audit_log_user`.`USER`,
`audit_log_user`.`HOST`,
`audit_log_user`.`FILTERNAME`
FROM `mysql`.`audit_log_user`;

All currently defined audits for the MySQL server instance will be listed. If no audits are returned, this is a finding.

To check if the audit filters in place are generating records when unsuccessful attempts to access security objects occur, run the following query with a user that does not have privileges so that it will fail:
select * from mysql.proxies_priv;
ERROR: 1142: SELECT command denied to user 'auditme'@'localhost' for table 'proxies_priv'

Review the audit log by running the command:
sudo cat /audit.log|egrep proxies_priv
For example if the values returned by - "select @@datadir, @@audit_log_file; " are /usr/local/mysql/data/, audit.log
sudo cat /usr/local/mysql/data/audit.log |egrep proxies_priv
For example if the values returned by - "select @@datadir, @@audit_log_file; " are /usr/local/mysql/data/, audit.log
sudo cat /usr/local/mysql/data/audit.log |egrep proxies_priv

The audit data will look similar to the example below:
{ "timestamp": "2020-08-19 21:10:39", "id": 1, "class": "general", "event": "status", "connection_id": 13, "account": { "user": "auditme", "host": "localhost" }, "login": { "user": "auditme", "os": "", "ip": "::1", "proxy": "" }, "general_data": { "command": "Query", "sql_command": "select", "query": "select * from mysql.proxies_priv", "status": 1142 } },
Note status is 1142, like the error.

If the audit event is not present, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-38290r623445_fix)
If currently required, configure the MySQL Database Server to produce audit records when unsuccessful attempts to retrieve privileges/permissions occur.

See the supplemental file "MySQL80Audit.sql".