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VCPG-70-000010 - The vPostgres database must use 'md5' for authentication.

Information

The DOD standard for authentication is DOD-approved public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates.

Authentication based on user ID and password may be used only when it is not possible to employ a PKI certificate, and requires authorizing official approval.

In such cases, database passwords stored in clear text, using reversible encryption or unsalted hashes, would be vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure. Database passwords must always be in the form of one-way, salted hashes when stored internally or externally to the database management system (DBMS).

Solution

At the command prompt, run the following commands:

# /opt/vmware/vpostgres/current/bin/psql -U postgres -c 'ALTER SYSTEM SET password_encryption TO 'md5';'

# /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_7-0_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(c), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000196, Rule-ID|SV-256600r887586_rule, STIG-ID|VCPG-70-000010, Vuln-ID|V-256600

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 399abec8aef0fc00afe58f2edb63e7bb0f2a3f3d6387380ebbbcd9a816a9279a