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The WebSphere Liberty Server must use TLS-enabled LDAP.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-250337IBMW-LS-000450SV-250337r961029_ruleCCI-000197high
Description
Passwords need to be protected at all times, and encryption is the standard method for protecting passwords during transmission. If passwords are not encrypted, they can be plainly read (i.e., clear text) and easily compromised. Application servers have the capability to use either certificates (tokens) or user IDs and passwords in order to authenticate. When the application server transmits or receives passwords, the passwords must be encrypted. The certificate used by LDAP to establish trust with incoming client requests must be imported into a trust keystore created on the Liberty Server (JDK ikeyman may be used to do this). The LDAP configuration must indicate it is using SSL, provide the BindDN and BindPassword and point to the trust keystore containing the LDAP certificate.
STIGDate
IBM WebSphere Liberty Server Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-02-11

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-10Authenticator Management
0.50
IAC-10.1Password-Based Authentication
0.50
IAC-10.4Automated Support For Password Strength
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (58) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (4) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.5.10
1.00
3.5.7
1.00
3.5.8
1.00
3.5.9
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000197
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-250337r961029_chk)

As a user with local file access to ${server.config.dir}/server.xml, verify TLS-enabled LDAP is in use. If TLS-Enabled LDAP is not defined within server.xml, this is a finding. <featureManager> <feature>appSecurity-2.0</feature> <feature>ssl-1.0</feature> <feature>ldapRegistry-3.0</feature> </featureManager> <ldapRegistry id="ldap" realm="SampleLdapRealm" host="${ldap.server.name}" port="${ldap.server.port}" ignoreCase="true" baseDN="${ldap.server.base.dn}" bindDN="${ldap.server.bind.dn}’ bindPassword="${ldap.server.bind.password}" sslEnabled="true" sslRef="LDAPTLSSettings" ldapType="${ldap.vendor.type}" searchTimeout="8m"> </ldapRegistry> <sslDefault sslRef="LDAPTLSSettings" /> <ssl id="LDAPTLSSettings" keyStoreRef="LDAPKeyStore" trustStoreRef="LDAPTrustStore" sslProtocol="TLSv1.2"/> <keyStore id="LDAPKeyStore" location="${server.config.dir}/LdapSSLKeyStore.jks" type="JKS" password="{xor}CDo9Hgw=" /> <keyStore id="LDAPTrustStore" location="${server.config.dir}/LdapTLSTrustStore.jks" type="JKS" password="{xor}CDo9Hgw=" />

Fix Text (F-53726r862985_fix)

To ensure the Liberty Server transmits only encrypted passwords, the ${server.config.dir}/server.xml must be configured as follows: <featureManager> <feature>appSecurity-2.0</feature> <feature>ssl-1.0</feature> <feature>ldapRegistry-3.0</feature> </featureManager> <ldapRegistry id="ldap" realm="SampleLdapRealm" host="${ldap.server.name}" port="${ldap.server.port}" ignoreCase="true" baseDN="${ldap.server.base.dn}" bindDN="${ldap.server.bind.dn}’ bindPassword="${ldap.server.bind.password}" sslEnabled="true" sslRef="LDAPTLSSettings" ldapType="${ldap.vendor.type}" searchTimeout="8m"> </ldapRegistry> <sslDefault sslRef="LDAPTLSSettings" /> <ssl id="LDAPTLSSettings" keyStoreRef="LDAPKeyStore" trustStoreRef="LDAPTrustStore" sslProtocol="TLSv1.2" /> <keyStore id="LDAPKeyStore" location="${server.config.dir}/LdapSSLKeyStore.jks" type="JKS" password="{xor}CDo9Hgw=" /> <keyStore id="LDAPTrustStore" location="${server.config.dir}/LdapTLSTrustStore.jks" type="JKS" password="{xor}CDo9Hgw=" />