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V-239782

CAT II (Medium)

The vROps PostgreSQL DB must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the identity of any user/subject or process associated with the event.

Rule ID

SV-239782r879568_rule

STIG

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

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-001487

Discussion

Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without information that establishes the identity of the subjects (i.e., users or processes acting on behalf of users) associated with the events, security personnel cannot determine responsibility for the potentially harmful event. Identifiers (if authenticated or otherwise known) include, but are not limited to, user database tables, primary key values, user names, or process identifiers.

Check Content

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

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

If log_line_prefix is not set to "%m %d %u %r %p %l %c", 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 log_line_prefix TO '%m %d %u %r %p %l %c';"
# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"