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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-261868	CD16-00-001200	SV-261868r1000609_rule		Medium

Description
Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as application components, modules, session identifiers, filenames, host names, and functionality. Associating information about where the event occurred within the application provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured application.

Description

Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing where events occurred, it is impossible to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident. In order to compile an accurate risk assessment and provide forensic analysis, it is essential for security personnel to know where events occurred, such as application components, modules, session identifiers, filenames, host names, and functionality. Associating information about where the event occurred within the application provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured application.

STIG	Date
Crunchy Data Postgres 16 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-17

Details

Check Text ( C-65722r1000607_chk )
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.

Fix Text (F-65630r1000608_fix)
$ 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>' As the system administrator, reload the server with the new configuration: $ sudo systemctl reload postgresql-${PGVER?}

Fix Text (F-65630r1000608_fix)

$ 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>'

As the system administrator, reload the server with the new configuration:

$ sudo systemctl reload postgresql-${PGVER?}