SQL Server must support the employment of automated mechanisms supporting the auditing of the enforcement actions.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-40950	SQL2-00-014700	SV-53304r3_rule		Medium

Description

Any changes to the hardware, software, and/or firmware components of the information system and/or application can potentially have significant effects on the overall security of the system. Accordingly, only qualified and authorized individuals are allowed to obtain access to information system components for purposes of initiating changes, including upgrades and modifications. Access restrictions for change also include software libraries. Examples of access restrictions include: physical access controls (such as locks and access cards), logical access controls (such as ACLs), automated auditing (logging) of logical access, workflow automation, media libraries, abstract layers (e.g., changes are implemented into a third-party interface rather than directly into the information system component), and change windows (e.g., changes occur only during specified times, making unauthorized changes outside the window easy to discover). This requirement focuses on the auditing aspect of the protections.

STIG	Date
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database Instance Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-07-13

Details

Check Text ( C-47605r3_chk )

Verify that Files and Folders that are part of the SQL Server 2012 Installation have auditing enabled. Right click the root folder of the SQL Server installation. Typically, this is at :\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\. Select Properties. Click on the Security tab Click on the Advanced button Click on the Auditing tab If "Everyone" is not listed in the "Name" column, this is a finding. If "This folder, subfolders and files" is not listed in the "Apply To" column, this is a finding. When "Everyone" ... " is listed, select the "Everyone" row and click on the Edit button. If either the Successful or Failed checkbox is not selected for any of the following access types, this is a finding: Traverse folder/execute file List folder/read data Read attributes Read extended attributes Create files/write data Create folders/append data Write attributes Write extended attributes Delete Read permissions

Fix Text (F-46232r5_fix)

Navigate to Advanced Security Settings by selecting Properties > Security > Advanced > Auditing > Continue. Where "Everyone" is missing from the "Name" column, click the Add button; type "Everyone" in the object names box; click the OK button. The Auditing Entry dialog opens. Where "Everyone" is in the "Name" column, select that row and click on the Edit button. The Auditing Entry dialog opens. In the Auditing Entry dialog, set "Apply onto" to "This folder, subfolders and files". In the Auditing Entry dialog, select both the Successful and the Failed checkbox for each of the following access types, where not already selected: Traverse folder/execute file List folder/read data Read attributes Read extended attributes Create files/write data Create folders/append data Write attributes Write extended attributes Delete Read permissions Click OK, OK, OK, OK to save the new settings and exit the dialog boxes.