AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

The AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE (V1 R14) has 506 STIG checks. New to STIG checklists? Read What is a STIG checklist?, CKL vs CKLB, and STIG vs SCAP benchmark.

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Version

V1 · R14

CurrentPublished Fri Oct 26 2018

Inetd and xinetd must be disabled or removed if no network services utilizing them are enabled.

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Inetd and xinetd must be disabled or removed if no network services utilizing them are enabled.

Description

Discussion Text

Unnecessary services should be disabled to decrease the attack surface of the system.

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Objective

V-12005

Rule

SV-12506r2_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN003700

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

First, determine if inetd/xinetd is running.
# ps -ef |grep inetd
If inetd is not running, this is not a finding.
# grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf
If no active services are found, yet the inetd daemon is running, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Remove or disable the inetd startup scripts and kill the service.

STIG check 48 of 506 in the AIX 6.1 STIG checklist

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