V-72945
Severity: Medium
Generated
2019-05-20 15:48:11.984914
Status
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges/permissions occur.
NIST 800-53
STIG # | Description | Result |
---|---|---|
AU-12 | AU-12: Audit Generation | failed |
Guidance
Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized attempts to elevate or restrict privileges could go undetected. In an SQL environment, deleting permissions is typically done via the REVOKE command. To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones.
Check
Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA environment
variable. See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring
PGDATA.
First, as the database administrator (shown here as “postgres”), create the
roles joe and bob with LOGIN by running the following SQL:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c “CREATE ROLE joe LOGIN”
$ psql -c “CREATE ROLE bob LOGIN”
Next, set current role to bob and attempt to alter the role joe:
$ psql -c “SET ROLE bob; ALTER ROLE joe NOLOGIN”
Now, as the database administrator (shown here as “postgres”), verify the
denials are logged:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ cat ${PGDATA?}/pg_log/
Fix
Configure PostgreSQL to produce audit records when unsuccessful attempts to delete privileges occur. All denials are logged if logging is enabled. To ensure that logging is enabled, review supplementary content APPENDIX-C for instructions on enabling logging.
Test Results
Result | |
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Command: `sed -nre '/2019-05-16 08:11.*LOG:\s+starting tests for V-72945/,$p' /var/vcap/sys/log/postgresql/Thu.pg_log` stdout should match /ERROR:\s+permission denied/ | passed |
Command: `sed -nre '/2019-05-16 08:11.*LOG:\s+starting tests for V-72945/,$p' /var/vcap/sys/log/postgresql/Thu.pg_log` stdout should match /STATEMENT:\s+SET ROLE inspec_v72945_role_1; ALTER ROLE inspec_v72945_role_2 NOLOGIN;/ | passed |
Code
control "V-72945" do
title "PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to
delete privileges/permissions occur."
desc "Failed attempts to change the permissions, privileges, and roles
granted to users and roles must be tracked. Without an audit trail,
unauthorized attempts to elevate or restrict privileges could go undetected.
In an SQL environment, deleting permissions is typically done via the REVOKE
command.
To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in
addition to the successful ones."
impact 0.5
tag "severity": "medium"
tag "gtitle": "SRG-APP-000499-DB-000331"
tag "gid": "V-72945"
tag "rid": "SV-87597r1_rule"
tag "stig_id": "PGS9-00-005400"
tag "cci": "CCI-000172"
tag "nist": ["AU-12 c", "Rev_4"]
tag "check": "Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA environment
variable. See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring
PGDATA.
First, as the database administrator (shown here as \"postgres\"), create the
roles joe and bob with LOGIN by running the following SQL:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c \"CREATE ROLE joe LOGIN\"
$ psql -c \"CREATE ROLE bob LOGIN\"
Next, set current role to bob and attempt to alter the role joe:
$ psql -c \"SET ROLE bob; ALTER ROLE joe NOLOGIN\"
Now, as the database administrator (shown here as \"postgres\"), verify the
denials are logged:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ cat ${PGDATA?}/pg_log/<latest_log>
< 2016-03-17 11:28:10.004 EDT bob 56eacd05.cda postgres: >ERROR: permission
denied to drop role
< 2016-03-17 11:28:10.004 EDT bob 56eacd05.cda postgres:
>STATEMENT: DROP ROLE joe;
If audit logs are not generated when unsuccessful attempts to delete
privileges/permissions occur, this is a finding."
tag "fix": "Configure PostgreSQL to produce audit records when unsuccessful
attempts to delete privileges occur.
All denials are logged if logging is enabled. To ensure that logging is
enabled, review supplementary content APPENDIX-C for instructions on enabling
logging."
sql = postgres_session(PG_DBA, PG_DBA_PASSWORD, PG_HOST)
log_directory_query = sql.query('SHOW log_directory;', [PG_DB])
log_directory = log_directory_query.output
current_log_command = "ls -1t #{log_directory}/*.pg_log | head -1"
current_log = command(current_log_command).stdout.strip
control = File.basename(__FILE__, File.extname(__FILE__))
message = "starting tests for #{control}"
message_sql = "DO language plpgsql $$ BEGIN "\
"RAISE LOG '#{message}'; END $$;"
start = Time.now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
get_logs = "sed -nre '/#{start}.*LOG:\\s+#{message}/,$p' #{current_log}"
create_bob = 'CREATE ROLE bob;'
create_joe = 'CREATE ROLE joe;'
drop_bob = 'DROP ROLE bob;'
drop_joe = 'DROP ROLE joe;'
command = 'SET ROLE bob; ALTER ROLE joe NOLOGIN;'
error = 'permission denied'
sql.query(message_sql, [PG_DB])
sql.query(create_bob, [PG_DB])
sql.query(create_joe, [PG_DB])
sql.query(command, [PG_DB])
sql.query(drop_joe, [PG_DB])
sql.query(drop_bob, [PG_DB])
describe command(get_logs) do
its('stdout') { should match /ERROR:\s+#{error}/ }
its('stdout') { should match /STATEMENT:\s+#{command}/ }
end
end