STIGQter: STIG Summary: PostgreSQL 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 23 Oct 2020:

PostgreSQL must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish where the events occurred.

DISA Rule

SV-214112r508027_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-214112

Group Title

SRG-APP-000097-DB-000041

Rule Version

PGS9-00-007100

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-000132 - The information system generates audit records containing information that establishes where the event occurred.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA environment variable. See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA.

To check that logging is enabled, review supplementary content APPENDIX-C for instructions on enabling logging.

First edit the postgresql.conf file as the database administrator (shown here as "postgres"):

$ sudo su - postgres
$ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf

Extra parameters can be added to the setting log_line_prefix to log application related information:

# %a = application name
# %u = user name
# %d = database name
# %r = remote host and port
# %p = process ID
# %m = timestamp with milliseconds
# %i = command tag
# %s = session startup
# %e = SQL state

For example:

log_line_prefix = '< %m %a %u %d %r %p %i %e %s>’

Now, as the system administrator, reload the server with the new configuration:

# SYSTEMD SERVER ONLY
$ sudo systemctl reload postgresql-9.5

# INITD SERVER ONLY
$ sudo service postgresql-9.5 reload

Check Contents

Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA environment variable. See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA.

First, as the database administrator (shown here as "postgres"), check the current log_line_prefix setting by running the following SQL:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c "SHOW log_line_prefix"

If log_line_prefix does not contain %m %u %d %s, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-214112

Documentable

False

Rule Version

PGS9-00-007100

Severity Override Guidance

Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA environment variable. See supplementary content APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA.

First, as the database administrator (shown here as "postgres"), check the current log_line_prefix setting by running the following SQL:

$ sudo su - postgres
$ psql -c "SHOW log_line_prefix"

If log_line_prefix does not contain %m %u %d %s, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

3994

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