IF LDAP is used, AIX LDAP client must use SSL to authenticate with LDAP server.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215204	AIX7-00-001045	SV-215204r877396_rule		High

Description
While LDAP client's authentication type is ldap_auth (server-side authentication), the client sends password to the server in clear text for authentication. SSL must be used in this case.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2023-02-13

Details

Check Text ( C-16402r294063_chk )
Run the following command to check if "authtype" is "ldap_auth": # grep -iE "^authtype:[[:blank:]]ldap_auth" /etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg The above command should yield the following output: authtype:ldap_auth Run the following command to check if SSL is not used in the "/etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg" file: # grep -iE "^useSSL:[[:blank:]]yes" /etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg The above command should yield the following output: useSSL:yes If the first command displays "authtype:ldap_auth" but the second command does not display "useSSL:yes", this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-16402r294063_chk )

Run the following command to check if "authtype" is "ldap_auth":
# grep -iE "^authtype:[[:blank:]]*ldap_auth" /etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg

The above command should yield the following output:
authtype:ldap_auth

Run the following command to check if SSL is not used in the "/etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg" file:
# grep -iE "^useSSL:[[:blank:]]*yes" /etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg

The above command should yield the following output:
useSSL:yes

If the first command displays "authtype:ldap_auth" but the second command does not display "useSSL:yes", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16400r294064_fix)
Edit the "/etc/security/ldap/ldap.cfg" file to have the following line: useSSL:yes Configure the LDAP server and LDAP client to use the SSL according to AIX LDAP documentation. Restart the client daemon: # restart-secldapclntd