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VCPG-67-000016 - VMware Postgres must write log entries to disk prior to returning operation success or failure - fsync
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Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization.Failure to a known secure state helps prevent a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability in the event of a failure of the information system or a component of the system.
Preserving information system state information helps to facilitate system restart and return to the operational mode of the organization with less disruption of mission/business processes.
Because it is usually not possible to test this capability in a production environment, systems should be validated either in a testing environment or prior to installation. This is usually a function of the design of the IDPS component. Compliance can be verified by acceptance/validation processes or vendor attestation.
Solution
At the command prompt, execute the following commands:# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c 'ALTER SYSTEM SET <name> TO 'on';'
# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c 'SELECT pg_reload_conf();'
Note: Substitute <name> with the incorrectly set parameter (fsync, full_page_writes, synchronous_commit)
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y22M10_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 6.7 PostgreSQL v1r1
References: CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001665, Rule-ID|SV-239208r678997_rule, STIG-ID|VCPG-67-000016, Vuln-ID|V-239208
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: f7bad47cba43dff670750aac9238ec54e04fec0622750bddb30ab315170bc55b