vRA PostgreSQL must have the latest approved security-relevant software updates installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-89453	VRAU-PG-000490	SV-100103r1_rule		Medium

Description
Configuring the DBMS to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. In addition to this SRG, sources of guidance on security and information assurance exist. These include NSA configuration guides, CTOs, DTMs, and IAVMs. The DBMS must be configured in compliance with guidance from all such relevant sources.

Description

Configuring the DBMS to implement organization-wide security implementation guides and security checklists ensures compliance with federal standards and establishes a common security baseline across DoD that reflects the most restrictive security posture consistent with operational requirements. In addition to this SRG, sources of guidance on security and information assurance exist. These include NSA configuration guides, CTOs, DTMs, and IAVMs. The DBMS must be configured in compliance with guidance from all such relevant sources.

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

Details

Check Text ( C-89145r1_chk )
Obtain supporting documentation from the ISSO. Verify that this Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is the most current STIG available for PostgreSQL on vRA Assess all of the organization's vRA installations to ensure that they are fully compliant with the most current PostgreSQL STIG. If the PostgreSQL configuration is not compliant with the most current PostgreSQL STIG, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-89145r1_chk )

Obtain supporting documentation from the ISSO.

Verify that this Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) is the most current STIG available for PostgreSQL on vRA Assess all of the organization's vRA installations to ensure that they are fully compliant with the most current PostgreSQL STIG.

If the PostgreSQL configuration is not compliant with the most current PostgreSQL STIG, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-96195r2_fix)
Install the latest approved security-relevant software updates.