The VMware Postgres database must protect log files from unauthorized access and modification.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-256595 | VCPG-70-000005 | SV-256595r887571_rule | CCI-000162 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| If audit data were to become compromised, competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity would be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to audit records provides information an attacker could use to their advantage. To ensure the veracity of audit data, the information system and/or the application must protect audit information from all unauthorized access. This includes read, write, copy, etc. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000118-DB-000059, SRG-APP-000119-DB-000060, SRG-APP-000120-DB-000061 | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2023-06-15 | |||
Related Frameworks
3 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
AU-9
1.00
- DISA · V1R2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.3.8
1.00
- DISA · V1R2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000162
1.00
- DISA · V1R2 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-256595r887571_chk)
At the command prompt, run the following command:
# find /var/log/vmware/vpostgres/* -xdev -type f -a '(' -not -perm 600 -o -not -user vpostgres -o -not -group vpgmongrp ')' -exec ls -ld {} \;
If any files are returned, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-60213r887570_fix)
At the command prompt, run the following commands:
# chmod 600 <file>
# chown vpostgres:vpgmongrp <file>
Note: Replace <file> with the file that has incorrect permissions.
At the command prompt, run the following commands:
# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET log_file_mode TO '0600';"
# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"