V-72975
Severity: Medium
Generated
2019-05-20 15:48:11.984914
Status
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify 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. Modifying permissions is done via the GRANT and REVOKE commands. To aid in diagnosis, it is necessary to keep track of failed attempts in addition to the successful ones.
Check
First, as the database administrator (shown here as
“postgres”), create a role ‘bob’ and a test table by running the following
SQL:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c “CREATE ROLE bob; CREATE TABLE test(id INT)”
Next, set current role to bob and attempt to modify privileges:
$ psql -c “SET ROLE bob; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test TO bob;”
$ psql -c “SET ROLE bob; REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON test FROM bob”
Now, as the database administrator (shown here as “postgres”), verify the
unsuccessful attempt was logged:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ cat ${PGDATA?}/pg_log/
Fix
Configure PostgreSQL to produce audit records when unsuccessful attempts to modify privileges occur. All denials are logged by default if logging is enabled. To ensure that logging is enabled, review supplementary stdout APPENDIX-C for instructions on enabling logging.
Test Results
Result | |
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Command: `sed -nre '/2019-05-16 08:11.*LOG:\s+starting tests for V-72975/,$p' /var/vcap/sys/log/postgresql/Thu.pg_log` stdout should match /ERROR:\s+permission denied for (relation|table) test/ | passed |
Command: `sed -nre '/2019-05-16 08:11.*LOG:\s+starting tests for V-72975/,$p' /var/vcap/sys/log/postgresql/Thu.pg_log` stdout should match /STATEMENT:\s+SET ROLE bob; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test TO bob;/ | passed |
Command: `sed -nre '/2019-05-16 08:11.*LOG:\s+starting tests for V-72975/,$p' /var/vcap/sys/log/postgresql/Thu.pg_log` stdout should match /STATEMENT:\s+SET ROLE bob; REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON test FROM bob;/ | passed |
Code
control "V-72975" do
title "PostgreSQL must generate audit records when unsuccessful attempts to
modify 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.
Modifying permissions is done via the GRANT and REVOKE commands.
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-000495-DB-000329"
tag "gid": "V-72975"
tag "rid": "SV-87627r1_rule"
tag "stig_id": "PGS9-00-006800"
tag "cci": "CCI-000172"
tag "nist": ["AU-12 c", "Rev_4"]
tag "check": "First, as the database administrator (shown here as
\"postgres\"), create a role 'bob' and a test table by running the following
SQL:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c \"CREATE ROLE bob; CREATE TABLE test(id INT)\"
Next, set current role to bob and attempt to modify privileges:
$ psql -c \"SET ROLE bob; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test TO bob;\"
$ psql -c \"SET ROLE bob; REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON test FROM bob\"
Now, as the database administrator (shown here as \"postgres\"), verify the
unsuccessful attempt was logged:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ cat ${PGDATA?}/pg_log/<latest_log>
2016-07-14 18:12:23.208 EDT postgres postgres ERROR: permission denied for
relation test
2016-07-14 18:12:23.208 EDT postgres postgres STATEMENT: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES
ON test TO bob;
2016-07-14 18:14:52.895 EDT postgres postgres ERROR: permission denied for
relation test
2016-07-14 18:14:52.895 EDT postgres postgres STATEMENT: REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES
ON test FROM bob;
If audit logs are not generated when unsuccessful attempts to modify
privileges/permissions occur, this is a finding."
tag "fix": "Configure PostgreSQL to produce audit records when unsuccessful
attempts to modify privileges occur.
All denials are logged by default if logging is enabled. To ensure that
logging is enabled, review supplementary stdout 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}"
setup = 'CREATE ROLE bob; CREATE TABLE test(id INT);'
set_role = 'SET ROLE bob;'
teardown = 'DROP TABLE test; DROP ROLE bob;'
grant = "#{set_role} GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test TO bob;"
revoke = "#{set_role} REVOKE ALL PRIVILEGES ON test FROM bob;"
error = 'permission denied for relation test'
sql.query(message_sql, [PG_DB])
sql.query(setup, [PG_DB])
sql.query(grant, [PG_DB])
sql.query(revoke, [PG_DB])
sql.query(teardown, [PG_DB])
describe command(get_logs) do
its('stdout') { should match /ERROR:\s+#{error}/ }
its('stdout') { should match /STATEMENT:\s+#{grant}/ }
its('stdout') { should match /STATEMENT:\s+#{revoke}/ }
end
end