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The DBMS must be able to generate audit records when privileges/permissions are retrieved. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Under some circumstances, it may be useful to monitor who/what is reading privilege/permission/role information. Therefore, it must be possible to configure auditing to do this. DBMSs typically make such information available through views or functions. This requirement addresses explicit requests for privilege/permission/role membership information. It does not refer to the implicit retrieval of privileges/permissions/role memberships that the DBMS continually performs to determine if any and every action on the database is permitted.

Check Content

If the DBMS is currently required to audit the retrieval of privilege/permission/role membership information, review the DBMS/database security and audit configurations to verify that audit records are produced when privileges/permissions/role memberships are retrieved. mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'audit_log%';

Fix Text

Deploy a DBMS capable of producing the required audit records when privileges/permissions/role memberships are retrieved. If currently required, configure the DBMS to produce audit records when privileges/permissions/role memberships are retrieved.

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Vulnerability ID: V-32364

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