PostgreSQL Log Connections Not Set

• Query id: 7b47138f-ec0e-47dc-8516-e7728fe3cc17
• Query name: PostgreSQL Log Connections Not Set
• Platform: Ansible
• Severity: Medium
• Category: Observability
• CWE: 778
• URL: Github

Description

Make sure that for PostgreSQL Database, server parameter 'log_connections' is set to 'ON'
Documentation

Code samples

Code samples with security vulnerabilities

Positive test num. 1 - yaml file

---
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: off
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting2
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: Off
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting3
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: OFF
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting4
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: "off"
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting5
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: "Off"
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting6
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: "OFF"

Code samples without security vulnerabilities

Negative test num. 1 - yaml file

- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: on
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting2
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: On
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting3
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: ON
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting4
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: on
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting5
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: On
- name: Update PostgreSQL Server setting6
  azure.azcollection.azure_rm_postgresqlconfiguration:
    resource_group: myResourceGroup
    server_name: myServer
    name: log_connections
    value: ON