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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22563	GEN008140	SV-38386r1_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
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2012-05-25

Details

Check Text ( C-36770r1_chk )
Determine if the system uses LDAP. If it does not, this is not applicable. # swlist \| grep LDAP OR # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf \| tr '\011' ' ' \| tr -s ' ' \| sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' \| grep -v "^#" \| grep -i ldap If nothing is returned for either of the above commands, this is not applicable. If LDAP is installed, check the ownership of the LDAP cert file(s). ls -lLd /etc/opt/ldapux ls -lL /etc/opt/ldapux/cert8.db If the owner of any file or directory is not root or bin, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36770r1_chk )

Determine if the system uses LDAP. If it does not, this is not applicable.
# swlist | grep LDAP
OR
# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep -v "^#" | grep -i ldap

If nothing is returned for either of the above commands, this is not applicable.

If LDAP is installed, check the ownership of the LDAP cert file(s).
ls -lLd /etc/opt/ldapux
ls -lL /etc/opt/ldapux/cert8.db

If the owner of any file or directory is not root or bin, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32152r1_fix)
Change the ownership of the file and/or directory. # chown root # chown root /