VMware Postgres must use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for log timestamps.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-256610 | VCPG-70-000020 | SV-256610r887616_rule | CCI-001890 | medium |
| 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). | ||||
| 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-8
1.00
- DISA · V1R2 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.3.7
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-001890
1.00
- DISA · V1R2 · disa_xccdf · related
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();"