V-73067
Severity: Medium
Generated
2019-05-20 15:48:11.984914
Status
Failed
PostgreSQL must generate audit records when successful accesses to objects occur.
NIST 800-53
STIG # | Description | Result |
---|---|---|
AU-12 | AU-12: Audit Generation | failed |
Guidance
Without tracking all or selected types of access to all or selected objects (tables, views, procedures, functions, etc.), it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident, or identify those responsible for one.
In an SQL environment, types of access include, but are not necessarily
limited to:
SELECT
INSERT
UPDATE
DELETE
EXECUT.
Check
As the database administrator, verify pgaudit is enabled by running the following SQL:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c "SHOW shared_preload_libraries"
If the output does not contain "pgaudit", this is a finding.
Verify that role, read, write, and ddl auditing are enabled:
$ psql -c "SHOW pgaudit.log"
If the output does not contain read and write, this is a finding.
Fix
Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA environment variable. See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA.
To ensure that logging is enabled, review supplementary content APPENDIX-C
for instructions on enabling logging.
If logging is enabled the following configurations must be made to log
unsuccessful connections, date/time, username and session identifier.
As the database administrator (shown here as "postgres"),
edit postgresql.conf:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf
Edit the following parameters:
log_connections = on
log_line_prefix = '< %m %u %c: >'
pgaudit.log = 'read, write'
Where:
* %m is the time and date
* %u is the username
* %c is the session ID for the connection
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 shared_preload_libraries; output should include "pgaudit" | passed |
PostgreSQL query: SHOW pgaudit.log; output should include "read" | failed |
PostgreSQL query: SHOW pgaudit.log; output should include "write" | failed |
Code
control "V-73067" do
title "PostgreSQL must generate audit records when successful accesses to
objects occur."
desc "Without tracking all or selected types of access to all or selected
objects (tables, views, procedures, functions, etc.), it would be
difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating
to an incident, or identify those responsible for one.
In an SQL environment, types of access include, but are not necessarily
limited to:
SELECT
INSERT
UPDATE
DELETE
EXECUT."
impact 0.5
tag "severity": "medium"
tag "gtitle": "SRG-APP-000507-DB-000356"
tag "gid": "V-73067"
tag "rid": "SV-87719r1_rule"
tag "stig_id": "PGS9-00-012600"
tag "cci": "CCI-000172"
tag "nist": ["AU-12 c", "Rev_4"]
tag "check": "As the database administrator, verify pgaudit is enabled by
running the following SQL:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c \"SHOW shared_preload_libraries\"
If the output does not contain \"pgaudit\", this is a finding.
Verify that role, read, write, and ddl auditing are enabled:
$ psql -c \"SHOW pgaudit.log\"
If the output does not contain read and write, this is a finding."
tag "fix": "Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA environment variable.
See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA.
To ensure that logging is enabled, review supplementary content APPENDIX-C
for instructions on enabling logging.
If logging is enabled the following configurations must be made to log
unsuccessful connections, date/time, username and session identifier.
As the database administrator (shown here as \"postgres\"),
edit postgresql.conf:
$ sudo su - postgres
$ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf
Edit the following parameters:
log_connections = on
log_line_prefix = '< %m %u %c: >'
pgaudit.log = 'read, write'
Where:
* %m is the time and date
* %u is the username
* %c is the session ID for the connection
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)
describe sql.query('SHOW shared_preload_libraries;', [PG_DB]) do
its('output') { should include 'pgaudit' }
end
pgaudit_types = ['read', 'write']
pgaudit_types.each do |type|
describe sql.query('SHOW pgaudit.log;', [PG_DB]) do
its('output') { should include type }
end
end
end