If the system is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the LDAP TLS certificate file must be group-owned by root, bin, sys, or system.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22568	GEN008240	SV-63253r1_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	2020-02-25

Details

Check Text ( C-51965r1_chk )
Determine the certificate file. Procedure: # grep -i '^tls_cert' /etc/ldap.conf Check the group ownership. Procedure: # ls -lL If the group owner of the file is not root, bin, sys, or system, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-53827r2_fix)
Change the group ownership of the file. Procedure: # chgrp root