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V-239806

CAT II (Medium)

The vROps PostgreSQL DB must provide an immediate real-time alert to appropriate support staff of all audit failure events requiring real-time alerts.

Rule ID

SV-239806r663795_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-001888

Discussion

It is critical for the appropriate personnel to be aware if a system is at risk of failing to process audit logs as required. Without a real-time alert, security personnel may be unaware of an impending failure of the audit capability, and system operation may be adversely affected. The appropriate support staff include, at a minimum, the ISSO and the DBA/SA. Alerts provide organizations with urgent messages. Real-time alerts provide these messages immediately (i.e., the time from event detection to alert occurs in seconds or less).

Check Content

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# grep '^\s*syslog_facility\b' /storage/db/vcops/vpostgres/data/postgresql.conf

If "syslog_facility" is not set to "local0", this is a finding.

Fix Text

At the command prompt, execute the following commands:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET syslog_facility TO 'local0';"
# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"