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V-239789

CAT II (Medium)

The vROps PostgreSQL DB must protect its audit configuration from unauthorized modification.

Rule ID

SV-239789r879580_rule

STIG

VMW vRealize Operations Manager 6.x PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-001494

Discussion

Protecting audit data also includes identifying and protecting the tools used to view and manipulate log data. Therefore, protecting audit tools is necessary to prevent unauthorized operation on audit data. Applications providing tools to interface with audit data will leverage user permissions and roles identifying the user accessing the tools and the corresponding rights the user enjoys in order make access decisions regarding the modification of audit tools. Audit tools include, but are not limited to, vendor-provided and open source audit tools needed to successfully view and manipulate audit information system activity and records. Audit tools include custom queries and report generators.

Check Content

At the command prompt, enter the following command:

# ls -l /storage/db/vcops/vpostgres/data/*conf* /var/vmware/vpostgres/9.3/.pgpass

If the owner of any configuration file is not "postgres:users", this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command prompt, enter the following command:

# chown postgres:users <file_name>

Replace <file_name> with files to be modified.