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 system.

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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 system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22564	GEN008160	SV-63291r1_rule		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
Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-03-01

Details

Check Text ( C-51999r2_chk )
Determine the certificate authority file and/or directory. # grep -i '^tls_cacert' /etc/ldap.conf For each file or directory returned, check the group ownership. # ls -lLd If the group-owner of any file or directory is not root, bin, sys, or system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-53881r2_fix)
Change the group ownership of the file or directory. # chgrp root