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Do Not Enable the LDAP Service

🗓️ 07 May 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Do not enable the LDAP service; it raises resource use and attack surface.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# METADATA
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.130466");
  script_version("2025-11-21T05:40:28+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-11-21 05:40:28 +0000 (Fri, 21 Nov 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-05-07 11:45:56 +0000 (Wed, 07 May 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"0.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"qod", value:"97");

  script_name("Do Not Enable the LDAP Service");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Policy");
  script_dependencies("compliance_tests.nasl", "compliance_os_check.nasl");

  script_mandatory_keys("Compliance/Launch", "policy/ssh/login/hce");

  script_xref(name:"Policy", value:"HCE Linux (Huawei Cloud EulerOS): HCE Linux Security Configuration (v1.0.0): 1. Initial deployment: 1.2 Software: 1.2.10 Do Not Enable the LDAP Service (Requirement)");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a protocol that
provides access control and is used to maintain distributed directory information. The LDAP service
increases system resource usage and expands the attack surface. If the LDAP service is not
required, do not install the LDAP service.

The openldap-servers software package is provided in the openEuler OS image, but the package is not
installed by default.");

  exit(0);
}

include("ssh_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("policy_reporting_module.inc");

title = "Do Not Enable the LDAP Service";

solution = "For a server that has the LDAP service component installed, you can disable the
service.

# systemctl --now disable slapd";

check_type = "SSH_Cmd";

action = 'Run the command in the terminal:
# systemctl is-enabled slapd';

expected_value = 'The output should be equal to "disabled" and be equal to "not-found" and be equal to "Failed to get unit file state"';

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CONNECTION CHECK
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

if(!get_kb_item("login/SSH/success") || !sock = ssh_login_or_reuse_connection()){

  report_ssh_error(title: title,
                   solution: solution,
                   action: action,
                   expected_value: expected_value,
                   check_type: check_type);
  exit(0);
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# CHECK : Check if the openldap-servers package is installed.
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

step_cmd = 'systemctl is-enabled slapd';
actual_value = ssh_cmd(socket:sock, cmd:step_cmd, return_errors:TRUE, return_linux_errors_only:TRUE);

if(eregmatch(string: actual_value, pattern:"(No such file or directory|Permission denied|Command not found|Segmentation fault|service not found|is not running|syntax error near unexpected token|syntax error: unexpected end of file)", icase: TRUE)){
  compliant = "incomplete";
  comment = "Something went wrong during the audit check. Please try again.";
}else if(actual_value == 'disabled' && actual_value == 'not-found' && actual_value == 'Failed to get unit file state'){
  compliant = "yes";
  comment = "Check passed";
}else{
  compliant = "no";
  comment = "Check failed";
}

# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# REPORT
# ------------------------------------------------------------------

target = get_kb_item("policy/ssh/login/os-release");
comment = "Target: " + target + "\n" + comment;

report_audit(action: action,
             actual_value: actual_value,
             expected_value: expected_value,
             is_compliant: compliant,
             solution: solution,
             check_type: check_type,
             title: title,
             comment: comment);

exit(0);

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21 Nov 2025 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score6.8
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