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V-224138

CAT II (Medium)

The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must initiate support of session auditing upon startup.

Rule ID

SV-224138r960888_rule

STIG

EDB Postgres Advanced Server v11 on Windows Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R4

CCIs

CCI-001464

Discussion

Session auditing is used when a user's activities are under investigation. To ensure all activity is captured during those periods when session auditing is in use, it must be in operation for the entire time the DBMS is running.

Check Content

Execute the following SQL as enterprisedb to ensure auditing is enabled:

 SHOW edb_audit;

If the result is not "csv" or "xml", this is a finding.

Execute the following SQL as enterprisedb to check which events are configured to be audited:

 SHOW edb_audit_statement;

If the result is not "all" or if the current setting for this requirement has not been noted and approved by the organization in the system documentation, this is a finding.

Fix Text

If EDB Auditing is not enabled, execute the following SQL as enterprisedb:

 ALTER SYSTEM SET edb_audit = csv;
 SELECT pg_reload_conf();

or

 ALTER SYSTEM SET edb_audit = xml;
 SELECT pg_reload_conf(); 

If the edb_audit_statement parameter values is not set to "all" or if the current setting for this requirement has not been noted and approved by the organization in the system documentation, execute the following SQL as enterprisedb:

 ALTER SYSTEM SET edb_audit_statement = 'all';
 SELECT pg_reload_conf();

or

Update the system documentation to note the organizationally approved setting and corresponding justification of the setting for this requirement.