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VMware Postgres must use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for log timestamps.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-256610VCPG-70-000020SV-256610r887616_ruleCCI-001890medium
Description
If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by VMware Postgres must include date and time expressed in UTC, a modern continuation of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
STIGDate
VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide2023-06-15

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) 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.

MON-07Time Stamps
0.50
SEA-20Clock Synchronization
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (26) 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-17(9)Disconnect or Disable Access
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-6(9)Log Use of Privileged Functions
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-12(3)Changes by Authorized Individuals
1.00
AU-14(1)System Start-up
1.00
AU-14(2)Capture and Record Content
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 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.

3.3.7
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-001890
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-256610r887616_chk)

At the command prompt, run the following command: # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -A -t -c "SHOW log_timezone;" Expected result: Etc/UTC If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-60228r887615_fix)

At the command prompt, run the following commands: # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET log_timezone TO 'Etc/UTC';" # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"