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VCPG-70-000012 - VMware Postgres must enforce authorized access to all public key infrastructure (PKI) private keys.
Information
The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved PKI certificates. PKI certificate-based authentication is performed by requiring the certificate holder to cryptographically prove possession of the corresponding private key.If a private key is stolen, an attacker can use it to impersonate the certificate holder. In cases where the database management system (DBMS)-stored private keys are used to authenticate the DBMS to the system's clients, loss of the corresponding private keys would allow an attacker to successfully perform undetected man-in-the-middle attacks against the DBMS system and its clients.
All access to the private key(s) of the DBMS must be restricted to authorized and authenticated users.
Solution
At the command prompt, run the following commands:# chmod 600 /storage/db/vpostgres_ssl/server.key
# chown vpostgres:vpgmongrp /storage/db/vpostgres_ssl/server.key
See Also
https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_7-0_Y23M07_STIG.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 PostgreSQL v1r2
Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION
References: 800-53|IA-5(2)(b), CAT|I, CCI|CCI-000186, Rule-ID|SV-256602r887592_rule, STIG-ID|VCPG-70-000012, Vuln-ID|V-256602
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 7457df92c957171ed172f90ccf0c48a99999494c2e979709b7b5e954e0f4519d