The DBMS must be configured on a platform that has a NIST certified FIPS 140-2 installation of OpenSSL.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-73071	PGS9-00-012800	SV-87723r3_rule		High

Description
PostgreSQL uses OpenSSL for the underlying encryption layer. It must be installed on an operating system that contains a certified FIPS 140-2 distribution of OpenSSL. For other operating systems, users must obtain or build their own FIPS 140-2 OpenSSL libraries.

STIG	Date
PostgreSQL 9.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2020-03-23

Details

Check Text ( C-73205r8_chk )
If the deployment incorporates a custom build of the operating system and PostgreSQL guaranteeing the use of FIPS 140-2- compliant OpenSSL, this is not a finding. Go to the below webpage and click "show all": https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/validated-modules/search Note: Certificates 3130, 3016, and 2441 are the most common. If the OS is not using a FIPS 140-2 certified implementation that is listed, this is a finding. If FIPS encryption is not enabled, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-73205r8_chk )

If the deployment incorporates a custom build of the operating system and PostgreSQL guaranteeing the use of FIPS 140-2- compliant OpenSSL, this is not a finding.
Go to the below webpage and click "show all":
https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/validated-modules/search
Note: Certificates 3130, 3016, and 2441 are the most common.
If the OS is not using a FIPS 140-2 certified implementation that is listed, this is a finding.

If FIPS encryption is not enabled, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-79517r4_fix)
Install PostgreSQL on an operating system with FIPS-compliant cryptography enabled; or by other means ensure that FIPS 140-2-certified OpenSSL libraries are used by the DBMS.