STIGQter: STIG Summary: VMware vSphere 6.7 PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 1 Release: 1 Benchmark Date: 09 Mar 2021:

VMware Postgres must be configured to use TLS.

DISA Rule

SV-239205r717059_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239205

Group Title

SRG-APP-000172-DB-000075

Rule Version

VCPG-67-000013

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-000197 - The information system, for password-based authentication, transmits only cryptographically-protected passwords.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

At the command prompt, execute the following commands:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET ssl TO 'on';"

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"

Check Contents

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SHOW ssl;"|sed -n 3p|sed -e 's/^[ ]*//'

Expected result:

on

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-239205

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCPG-67-000013

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SHOW ssl;"|sed -n 3p|sed -e 's/^[ ]*//'

Expected result:

on

If the output does not match the expected result, this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5324

Comments