If the system is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the TLS certificate authority file and/or directory (as appropriate) must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

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If the system is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the TLS certificate authority file and/or directory (as appropriate) must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22564	GEN008160	SV-38974r1_rule	ECLP-1	Medium

Description
LDAP can be used to provide user authentication and account information, which are vital to system security. The LDAP client configuration must be protected from unauthorized modification.

STIG	Date
AIX 5.3 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-05-25

Details

Check Text ( C-37927r1_chk )
Check the group ownership of the SSL key database file. Determine the location of the SSL key database. # grep -i '^ldapsslkeyf' /etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg Check the group ownership of the SSL key database file. # ls -lLa If a certificate file or directory is not group-owned by root, bin, security, sys, or system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-33183r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of LDAP client SSL certificate database file to root, security, bin, sys, or system. Procedure: # chgrp system < certificate file >