If the system is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the LDAP configuration file(s) must not have an extended ACL.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22562	GEN008120	SV-29569r1_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	2018-09-14

Details

Check Text ( C-36769r4_chk )
Determine if the system uses LDAP. If it does not, this is not applicable. # swlist \| grep LDAP OR # cat /etc/nsswitch.conf \| sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' \| tr '\011' ' ' \| tr -s ' ' \| grep -v "^#" \| grep -i ldap If nothing is returned for either of the above commands, this is not applicable. Check the LDAP configuration file for the presence of an ACL. # ls -alL /etc/opt/ldapux/ldapux_client.conf If the permissions include a "+" the file has an extended ACL, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36769r4_chk )

Determine if the system uses LDAP. If it does not, this is not applicable.

# swlist | grep LDAP

OR

# cat /etc/nsswitch.conf | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | grep -v "^#" | grep -i ldap

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

Check the LDAP configuration file for the presence of an ACL.

# ls -alL /etc/opt/ldapux/ldapux_client.conf

If the permissions include a "+" the file has an extended ACL, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-32151r1_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the file. # chacl -z