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 other.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22564	GEN008160	SV-38387r1_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	2017-05-19

Details

Check Text ( C-36771r1_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 group ownership of the LDAP cert file(s). # ls -lLd /etc/opt/ldapux # ls -lLa /etc/opt/ldapux/cert8.db If a certificate file or directory is not group-owned by root, bin, sys or other, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36771r1_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 group ownership of the LDAP cert file(s).
# ls -lLd /etc/opt/ldapux
# ls -lLa /etc/opt/ldapux/cert8.db

If a certificate file or directory is not group-owned by root, bin, sys or other, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32153r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of LDAP client certificate directory/files to root, bin, sys, or other. # chgrp root # chgrp root /