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

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22572	GEN008320	SV-46039r1_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
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z Security Technical Implementation Guide	2018-09-19

Details

Check Text ( C-43311r1_chk )
Determine the key file. # grep -i '^tls_key' /etc/ldap.conf Check the group ownership. # ls -lL If the group wner of the file is not root, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-39400r1_fix)
Change the group ownership of the file. # chgrp root