If the system is using LDAP for authentication or account information, the LDAP TLS certificate authority file and/or directory (as appropriate) must not have an extended ACL.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22566	GEN008200	SV-26953r1_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
VMware ESX 3 Server	2016-05-13

Details

Check Text ( C-27900r1_chk )
Determine the certificate authority file and/or directory. # grep -i '^tls_cacert' /etc/ldap.conf For each file or directory returned, check the permissions. # ls -lLd If the permissions of the file or directory contains a "+", an extended ACL is present, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-24215r1_fix)
Remove the extended ACL from the certificate file.