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VMware Postgres must limit modify privileges to authorized accounts.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-256597VCPG-70-000007SV-256597r887577_ruleCCI-001499medium
Description
If VMware Postgres were to allow any user to make changes to database structure or logic, those changes might be implemented without undergoing the appropriate testing and approvals that are part of a robust change management process. Only qualified and authorized individuals must be allowed to obtain access to information system components to initiate changes, including upgrades and modifications. Unmanaged changes that occur to the database software libraries or configuration can lead to unauthorized or compromised installations.
STIGDate
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide2023-06-15

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CHG-04.5Library Privileges
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (56) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-3(7)Role-based Access Control
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(10)Prohibit Non-privileged Users from Executing Privileged Functions
1.00

+46 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI1 mapping
CCI-001499
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-256597r887577_chk)

At the command prompt, run the following command: # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "\du;"|grep "Create" Expected result: postgres | Superuser, Create role, Create DB, Replication, Bypass RLS | {} vc | Create DB | {} vlcmuser | Create DB | {} If accounts other than "postgres","vc", and "vlcmuser" have any "Create" privileges, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60215r887576_fix)

At the command prompt, run the following command: # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES FROM <user>;" Replace <user> with the account discovered during the check.