V-72955
Severity: Medium
Generated
2019-05-20 15:48:11.984914
Status
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to access categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels) occur.
NIST 800-53
STIG # | Description | Result |
---|---|---|
AU-12 | AU-12: Audit Generation | failed |
Guidance
Changes in categorized information must be tracked. Without an audit trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go undetected. To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones. For detailed information on categorizing information, refer to FIPS Publication 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems, and FIPS Publication 200, Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems.
Check
First, as the database administrator (shown here as “postgres”), run the following SQL: $ sudo su - postgres $ psql -c “SHOW pgaudit.log” If pgaudit.log does not contain, “ddl, write, role”, this is a finding.
Fix
Configure PostgreSQL to produce audit records when unsuccessful
attempts to access categories of information.
All denials are logged if logging is enabled. To ensure that logging is
enabled, review supplementary content APPENDIX-C for instructions on enabling
logging.
With pgaudit
installed the following configurations can be made:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf
Add the following parameters (or edit existing parameters):
pgaudit.log = ‘ddl, write, role’
Now, as the system administrator, reload the server with the new configuration:
# SYSTEMD SERVER ONLY
$ sudo systemctl reload postgresql-$9.5
# INITD SERVER ONLY
$ sudo service postgresql-9.5 reload
Test Results
Result | |
---|---|
PostgreSQL query: SHOW pgaudit.log; output should include "ddl" | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SHOW pgaudit.log; output should include "role" | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SHOW pgaudit.log; output should include "write" | failed |
Code
control "V-72955" do
title "PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to
access categorized information (e.g., classification levels/security levels)
occur."
desc "Changes in categorized information must be tracked. Without an audit
trail, unauthorized access to protected data could go undetected.
To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in
addition to the successful ones.
For detailed information on categorizing information, refer to FIPS
Publication 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information
and Information Systems, and FIPS Publication 200, Minimum Security
Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems."
impact 0.5
tag "severity": "medium"
tag "gtitle": "SRG-APP-000494-DB-000345"
tag "gid": "V-72955"
tag "rid": "SV-87607r1_rule"
tag "stig_id": "PGS9-00-005900"
tag "cci": "CCI-000172"
tag "nist": ["AU-12 c", "Rev_4"]
tag "check": "First, as the database administrator (shown here as
\"postgres\"), run the following SQL:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c \"SHOW pgaudit.log\"
If pgaudit.log does not contain, \"ddl, write, role\", this is a finding."
tag "fix": "Configure PostgreSQL to produce audit records when unsuccessful
attempts to access categories of information.
All denials are logged if logging is enabled. To ensure that logging is
enabled, review supplementary content APPENDIX-C for instructions on enabling
logging.
With `pgaudit` installed the following configurations can be made:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf
Add the following parameters (or edit existing parameters):
pgaudit.log = 'ddl, write, role'
Now, as the system administrator, reload the server with the new configuration:
# SYSTEMD SERVER ONLY
$ sudo systemctl reload postgresql-$9.5
# INITD SERVER ONLY
$ sudo service postgresql-9.5 reload"
sql = postgres_session(PG_DBA, PG_DBA_PASSWORD, PG_HOST)
pgaudit_types = %w(ddl role write)
pgaudit_types.each do |type|
describe sql.query('SHOW pgaudit.log;', [PG_DB]) do
its('output') { should include type }
end
end
end