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← Back to EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

V-259255

CAT I (High)

The EDB Postgres Advanced Server must be configured on a platform that has a NIST-certified FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 installation of OpenSSL.

Rule ID

SV-259255r961050_rule

STIG

EnterpriseDB Postgres Advanced Server (EPAS) Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R1

CCIs

CCI-000803

Discussion

PostgreSQL uses OpenSSL for the underlying encryption layer. It must be installed on an operating system that contains a certified FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 distribution of OpenSSL. For other operating systems, users must obtain or build their own FIPS 140 OpenSSL libraries.

Check Content

If the deployment incorporates a custom build of the operating system and PostgreSQL guaranteeing the use of FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 compliant OpenSSL, this is not a finding.

If PostgreSQL is not installed on an OS found in the CMVP (https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/validated-modules), this is a finding.

If FIPS encryption is not enabled, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Install PostgreSQL with FIPS-compliant cryptography enabled on an OS found in the CMVP (https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/validated-modules) or by other means, ensure that FIPS 140-2 or 140-3 certified OpenSSL libraries are used by the DBMS.