Documentation - V-261958

Title

PostgreSQL must generate audit records for all privileged activities or other system-level access.

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Without tracking privileged activity, it would be difficult to establish, correlate, and investigate the events relating to an incident or identify those responsible for one. System documentation should include a definition of the functionality considered privileged. A privileged function in this context is any operation that modifies the structure of the database, its built-in logic, or its security settings. This would include all Data Definition Language (DDL) statements and...

Fix Text (Documentation Requirement)

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. PostgreSQL can be configured to audit these requests using pgaudit. Refer to supplementary content APPENDIX-B for documentation on installing pgaudit. With pgaudit installed the following configurations can be made: $ sudo su - postgres $ vi ${PGDATA?}/postgresql.conf Add the following parameters (or edit existing parameters): shared_preload_libraries = 'pgaudit' pgaudit.log='ddl, role, read, write' As the system administrator, reload the server with the new configuration: $ sudo systemctl reload postgresql-${PGVER?}