VCPG-67-000024 - VMware Postgres must set client-side character encoding to UTF-8.

Information

A common vulnerability is unplanned behavior when invalid inputs are received. This requirement guards against adverse or unintended system behavior caused by invalid inputs, where information system responses to the invalid input may be disruptive or cause the system to fail to an unsafe state.

Solution

At the command prompt, execute the following commands:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c 'ALTER SYSTEM SET client_encoding TO 'UTF8';'

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c 'SELECT pg_reload_conf();'

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-10(3), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-002754, Rule-ID|SV-239216r879818_rule, STIG-ID|VCPG-67-000024, Vuln-ID|V-239216

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 6f9729221f6d9ce60db19c9be18c25c1675de5dc50db417d1e9590042988734a