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 log to stderr.

DISA Rule

SV-239213r717065_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-239213

Group Title

SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319

Rule Version

VCPG-67-000021

Severity

CAT II

CCI(s)

• CCI-001855 - The information system provides a warning to organization-defined personnel, roles, and/or locations within an organization-defined time period when allocated audit record storage volume reaches an organization-defined percentage of repository maximum audit record storage capacity.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

At the command prompt, execute the following commands:

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

# /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 log_destination;"|sed -n 3p|sed -e 's/^[ ]*//'

Expected result:

stderr

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

Vulnerability Number

V-239213

Documentable

False

Rule Version

VCPG-67-000021

Severity Override Guidance

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

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

Expected result:

stderr

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

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

5324

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