If the system is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the LDAP TLS certificate file must have mode 0644 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22569	GEN008260	SV-38392r1_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 11.31 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-36778r1_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 mode of the LDAP cert file(s). # ls -lLa /etc/opt/ldapux/cert8.db If the certificate file is more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36778r1_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 mode of the LDAP cert file(s).
# ls -lLa /etc/opt/ldapux/cert8.db

If the certificate file is more permissive than 0644, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32159r1_fix)
Change the permissions of the LDAP client certificate file. # chmod 0644