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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239779	VROM-PG-000065	SV-239779r879565_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
VMW vRealize Operations Manager 6.x PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-09-12

Details

Check Text ( C-43012r663712_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep '^\s*log_line_prefix\b' /storage/db/vcops/vpostgres/data/postgresql.conf If log_line_prefix is not set to "%m %d %u %r %p %l %c", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-42971r663713_fix)
At the command prompt, execute the following commands: # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET log_line_prefix TO '%m %d %u %r %p %l %c';" # /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c "SELECT pg_reload_conf();"