The vRA PostgreSQL database must be limited to authorized accounts.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-89371	VRAU-PG-000160	SV-100021r1_rule		Medium

Description
To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors). Organizational users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses, except the following: (i) Accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization. Organizations document specific user actions that can be performed on the information system without identification or authentication; and (ii) Accesses that occur through authorized use of group authenticators without individual authentication. Organizations may require unique identification of individuals in group accounts (e.g., shared privilege accounts) or for detailed accountability of individual activity.

Description

To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to prevent potential misuse and compromise of the system. Organizational users include organizational employees or individuals the organization deems to have equivalent status of employees (e.g., contractors). Organizational users (and any processes acting on behalf of users) must be uniquely identified and authenticated for all accesses, except the following: (i) Accesses explicitly identified and documented by the organization. Organizations document specific user actions that can be performed on the information system without identification or authentication; and (ii) Accesses that occur through authorized use of group authenticators without individual authentication. Organizations may require unique identification of individuals in group accounts (e.g., shared privilege accounts) or for detailed accountability of individual activity.

STIG	Date
VMW vRealize Automation 7.x PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-10-12

Details

Check Text ( C-89063r1_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command to enter the psql prompt: # cat /storage/db/pgdata/pg_hba.conf If any rows have "trust" specified for the "METHOD" column, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-96113r1_fix)
Navigate to and open /storage/db/pgdata/pg_hba.conf. Navigate to the user that has a method of "trust". Change the method to "md5". A correct, typical line will look like the following: # TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS METHOD host all all 127.0.0.1/32 md5