The vROps PostgreSQL DB must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the sources (origins) of the events.

From VMW vRealize Operations Manager 6.x PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-000133

SV-98883r1_rule The vROps PostgreSQL DB must produce audit records containing sufficient information to establish the sources (origins) of the events.

Vulnerability discussion

Information system auditing capability is critical for accurate forensic analysis. Without establishing the source of the event, 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. In addition to logging where events occur within the application, the application must also produce audit records that identify the application itself as the source of the event.Associating information about the source of the event within the application provides a means of investigating an attack; recognizing resource utilization or capacity thresholds; or identifying an improperly configured application.

Check content

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

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();"

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