V-73007
Severity: Medium
Generated
2019-05-20 15:48:11.984914
Status
Unused database components, PostgreSQL software, and database objects must be removed.
NIST 800-53
STIG # | Description | Result |
---|---|---|
CM-7 | CM-7: Least Functionality | passed |
Guidance
Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be necessary to support essential organizational operations (e.g., key missions, functions).
It is detrimental for software products to provide, or install by default, functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives.
PostgreSQLs must adhere to the principles of least functionality by providing only essential capabilities.
Check
To get a list of all extensions installed, use the following commands: $ sudo su - postgres $ psql -c “select * from pg_extension where extname != ‘plpgsql’;“”
If any extensions exist that are not approved, this is a finding.
Fix
To remove extensions, use the following commands:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c “DROP EXTENSION
Note: it is recommended that plpgsql not be removed.
Test Results
Result | |
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PostgreSQL query: SELECT extname from pg_extension WHERE extname NOT IN ('address_standardizer','address_standardizer_data_us','adminpack','amcheck','autoinc','bloom','btree_gin','btree_gist','chkpass','citext','cube','dblink','dict_int','dict_xsyn','earthdistance','file_fdw','fuzzystrmatch','hstore','hstore_plperl','insert_username','intagg','intarray','isn','lo','ltree','moddatetime','pageinspect','pgaudit','pg_buffercache','pgcrypto','pg_freespacemap','pg_prewarm','pgrowlocks','pg_stat_statements','pgstattuple','pg_trgm','pg_visibility','postgis','postgis_tiger_geocoder','postgis_topology','postgres_fdw','redis_fdw','refint','seg','set_user','sslinfo','tablefunc','tcn','timetravel','tsm_system_rows','tsm_system_time','unaccent','uuid-ossp','xml2','plpgsql','plperl','plr'); output should eq "" | passed |
PostgreSQL query with errors: SELECT extname from pg_extension WHERE extname NOT IN ('address_standardizer','address_standardizer_data_us','adminpack','amcheck','autoinc','bloom','btree_gin','btree_gist','chkpass','citext','cube','dblink','dict_int','dict_xsyn','earthdistance','file_fdw','fuzzystrmatch','hstore','hstore_plperl','insert_username','intagg','intarray','isn','lo','ltree','moddatetime','pageinspect','pgaudit','pg_buffercache','pgcrypto','pg_freespacemap','pg_prewarm','pgrowlocks','pg_stat_statements','pgstattuple','pg_trgm','pg_visibility','postgis','postgis_tiger_geocoder','postgis_topology','postgres_fdw','redis_fdw','refint','seg','set_user','sslinfo','tablefunc','tcn','timetravel','tsm_system_rows','tsm_system_time','unaccent','uuid-ossp','xml2','plpgsql','plperl','plr'); output should match /FATAL:\s+database "template0" is not currently accepting connections/ | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SELECT extname from pg_extension WHERE extname NOT IN ('address_standardizer','address_standardizer_data_us','adminpack','amcheck','autoinc','bloom','btree_gin','btree_gist','chkpass','citext','cube','dblink','dict_int','dict_xsyn','earthdistance','file_fdw','fuzzystrmatch','hstore','hstore_plperl','insert_username','intagg','intarray','isn','lo','ltree','moddatetime','pageinspect','pgaudit','pg_buffercache','pgcrypto','pg_freespacemap','pg_prewarm','pgrowlocks','pg_stat_statements','pgstattuple','pg_trgm','pg_visibility','postgis','postgis_tiger_geocoder','postgis_topology','postgres_fdw','redis_fdw','refint','seg','set_user','sslinfo','tablefunc','tcn','timetravel','tsm_system_rows','tsm_system_time','unaccent','uuid-ossp','xml2','plpgsql','plperl','plr'); output should eq "" | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SELECT extname from pg_extension WHERE extname NOT IN ('address_standardizer','address_standardizer_data_us','adminpack','amcheck','autoinc','bloom','btree_gin','btree_gist','chkpass','citext','cube','dblink','dict_int','dict_xsyn','earthdistance','file_fdw','fuzzystrmatch','hstore','hstore_plperl','insert_username','intagg','intarray','isn','lo','ltree','moddatetime','pageinspect','pgaudit','pg_buffercache','pgcrypto','pg_freespacemap','pg_prewarm','pgrowlocks','pg_stat_statements','pgstattuple','pg_trgm','pg_visibility','postgis','postgis_tiger_geocoder','postgis_topology','postgres_fdw','redis_fdw','refint','seg','set_user','sslinfo','tablefunc','tcn','timetravel','tsm_system_rows','tsm_system_time','unaccent','uuid-ossp','xml2','plpgsql','plperl','plr'); output should eq "" | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SELECT extname from pg_extension WHERE extname NOT IN ('address_standardizer','address_standardizer_data_us','adminpack','amcheck','autoinc','bloom','btree_gin','btree_gist','chkpass','citext','cube','dblink','dict_int','dict_xsyn','earthdistance','file_fdw','fuzzystrmatch','hstore','hstore_plperl','insert_username','intagg','intarray','isn','lo','ltree','moddatetime','pageinspect','pgaudit','pg_buffercache','pgcrypto','pg_freespacemap','pg_prewarm','pgrowlocks','pg_stat_statements','pgstattuple','pg_trgm','pg_visibility','postgis','postgis_tiger_geocoder','postgis_topology','postgres_fdw','redis_fdw','refint','seg','set_user','sslinfo','tablefunc','tcn','timetravel','tsm_system_rows','tsm_system_time','unaccent','uuid-ossp','xml2','plpgsql','plperl','plr'); output should eq "" | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SELECT extname from pg_extension WHERE extname NOT IN ('address_standardizer','address_standardizer_data_us','adminpack','amcheck','autoinc','bloom','btree_gin','btree_gist','chkpass','citext','cube','dblink','dict_int','dict_xsyn','earthdistance','file_fdw','fuzzystrmatch','hstore','hstore_plperl','insert_username','intagg','intarray','isn','lo','ltree','moddatetime','pageinspect','pgaudit','pg_buffercache','pgcrypto','pg_freespacemap','pg_prewarm','pgrowlocks','pg_stat_statements','pgstattuple','pg_trgm','pg_visibility','postgis','postgis_tiger_geocoder','postgis_topology','postgres_fdw','redis_fdw','refint','seg','set_user','sslinfo','tablefunc','tcn','timetravel','tsm_system_rows','tsm_system_time','unaccent','uuid-ossp','xml2','plpgsql','plperl','plr'); output should eq "" | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SELECT extname from pg_extension WHERE extname NOT IN ('address_standardizer','address_standardizer_data_us','adminpack','amcheck','autoinc','bloom','btree_gin','btree_gist','chkpass','citext','cube','dblink','dict_int','dict_xsyn','earthdistance','file_fdw','fuzzystrmatch','hstore','hstore_plperl','insert_username','intagg','intarray','isn','lo','ltree','moddatetime','pageinspect','pgaudit','pg_buffercache','pgcrypto','pg_freespacemap','pg_prewarm','pgrowlocks','pg_stat_statements','pgstattuple','pg_trgm','pg_visibility','postgis','postgis_tiger_geocoder','postgis_topology','postgres_fdw','redis_fdw','refint','seg','set_user','sslinfo','tablefunc','tcn','timetravel','tsm_system_rows','tsm_system_time','unaccent','uuid-ossp','xml2','plpgsql','plperl','plr'); output should eq "" | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SELECT extname from pg_extension WHERE extname NOT IN ('address_standardizer','address_standardizer_data_us','adminpack','amcheck','autoinc','bloom','btree_gin','btree_gist','chkpass','citext','cube','dblink','dict_int','dict_xsyn','earthdistance','file_fdw','fuzzystrmatch','hstore','hstore_plperl','insert_username','intagg','intarray','isn','lo','ltree','moddatetime','pageinspect','pgaudit','pg_buffercache','pgcrypto','pg_freespacemap','pg_prewarm','pgrowlocks','pg_stat_statements','pgstattuple','pg_trgm','pg_visibility','postgis','postgis_tiger_geocoder','postgis_topology','postgres_fdw','redis_fdw','refint','seg','set_user','sslinfo','tablefunc','tcn','timetravel','tsm_system_rows','tsm_system_time','unaccent','uuid-ossp','xml2','plpgsql','plperl','plr'); output should eq "" | passed |
Code
control "V-73007" do
title "Unused database components, PostgreSQL software, and database objects must be removed."
desc "Information systems are capable of providing a wide variety of functions
and services. Some of the functions and services, provided by default, may not be
necessary to support essential organizational operations (e.g., key missions,
functions).
It is detrimental for software products to provide, or install by default,
functionality exceeding requirements or mission objectives.
PostgreSQLs must adhere to the principles of least functionality by providing only
essential capabilities."
impact 0.5
tag "severity": "medium"
tag "gtitle": "SRG-APP-000141-DB-000091"
tag "gid": "V-73007"
tag "rid": "SV-87659r1_rule"
tag "stig_id": "PGS9-00-008900"
tag "cci": "CCI-000381"
tag "nist": ["CM-7 a", "Rev_4"]
tag "check": "To get a list of all extensions installed, use the following commands:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c \"select * from pg_extension where extname != 'plpgsql';\"\"
If any extensions exist that are not approved, this is a finding."
tag "fix": "To remove extensions, use the following commands:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c \"DROP EXTENSION <extension_name>\"
Note: it is recommended that plpgsql not be removed."
extensions = PG_APPROVED_EXTENSIONS + PG_TRUSTED_LANGUAGES
extensions_sql = "SELECT extname from pg_extension "\
"WHERE extname NOT IN (#{extensions.map { |e| "'#{e}'" }.join(',')});"
sql = postgres_session(PG_DBA, PG_DBA_PASSWORD, PG_HOST)
databases_sql = 'SELECT datname FROM pg_catalog.pg_database;'
databases_query = sql.query(databases_sql, [PG_DB])
databases = databases_query.lines
databases.each do |database|
connection_error = "FATAL:\\s+database \"#{database}\" is not currently "\
"accepting connections"
connection_error_regex = Regexp.new(connection_error)
describe.one do
describe sql.query(extensions_sql, [database]) do
its('output') { should eq '' }
end
describe sql.query(extensions_sql, [database]) do
its('output') { should eq 'plpgsql' }
end
describe sql.query(extensions_sql, [database]) do
it { should match connection_error_regex }
end
end
end
end