Rsyslog must be configured to monitor VMware Postgres logs.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239214	VCPG-67-000022	SV-239214r679015_rule		Medium

Description
Organizations are required to use a central log management system, so, under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to the DBMS on its own server will not be an issue. However, space will still be required on the DBMS server for audit records in transit, and, under abnormal conditions, this could fill up. Because a requirement exists to halt processing upon audit failure, a service outage would result. If support personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75%, they are unable to plan for storage capacity expansion. The appropriate support staff include, at a minimum, the ISSO and the DBA/SA. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319, SRG-APP-000360-DB-000320, SRG-APP-000092-DB-000208

Description

Organizations are required to use a central log management system, so, under normal conditions, the audit space allocated to the DBMS on its own server will not be an issue. However, space will still be required on the DBMS server for audit records in transit, and, under abnormal conditions, this could fill up. Because a requirement exists to halt processing upon audit failure, a service outage would result. If support personnel are not notified immediately upon storage volume utilization reaching 75%, they are unable to plan for storage capacity expansion. The appropriate support staff include, at a minimum, the ISSO and the DBA/SA. Satisfies: SRG-APP-000359-DB-000319, SRG-APP-000360-DB-000320, SRG-APP-000092-DB-000208

STIG	Date
VMware vSphere 6.7 PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-18

Details

Check Text ( C-42447r679013_chk )
At the command prompt, execute the following command: # cat /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-vpostgres.conf Expected result: input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/serverlog.std" Tag="vpostgres-first" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/postgresql-.log" Tag="vpostgres" Severity="info" Facility="local0") If the file does not exist, this is a finding. If the output of the command does not match the expected result above, this is a finding. If there is no output from the command, vPostgres will default to "stderr", and this is not a finding.

Check Text ( C-42447r679013_chk )

At the command prompt, execute the following command:

# cat /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-vpostgres.conf

Expected result:

input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/serverlog.std*"
Tag="vpostgres-first"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

input(type="imfile"
File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/postgresql-*.log"
Tag="vpostgres"
Severity="info"
Facility="local0")

If the file does not exist, this is a finding.

If the output of the command does not match the expected result above, this is a finding.

If there is no output from the command, vPostgres will default to "stderr", and this is not a finding.

Fix Text (F-42406r679014_fix)
Navigate to and open /etc/vmware-syslog/stig-services-vpostgres.conf. Create the file if it does not exist. Set the contents of the file as follows: input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/serverlog.std" Tag="vpostgres-first" Severity="info" Facility="local0") input(type="imfile" File="/var/log/vmware/vpostgres/postgresql-.log" Tag="vpostgres" Severity="info" Facility="local0")