Documentation - V-261875

Title

The audit information produced by PostgreSQL must be protected from unauthorized read access.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>If audit data were to become compromised, then competent forensic analysis and discovery of the true source of potentially malicious system activity is difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In addition, access to audit records provides information an attacker could potentially use to their advantage. To ensure the veracity of audit data, the information system and/or the application must protect audit information from any and all unauthorized access. This includes read, writ...

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Note: The following instructions use the PGDATA and PGVER environment variables. Refer to APPENDIX-F for instructions on configuring PGDATA and APPENDIX-H for PGVER. To ensure logging is enabled, see the instructions in the supplementary content APPENDIX-C. #### syslog Logging If PostgreSQL is configured to use syslog for logging, consult organization location and permissions for syslog log files. #### stderr Logging If PostgreSQL is configured to use stderr for logging, permissions of the log files can be set in postgresql.conf. As the database administrator (shown here as "postgres"), edit the following settings of logs in the postgresql.conf file: Note: Consult the organization's documentation on acceptable log privileges. $ sudo su - postgres $ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf lo...