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

The system must not have the tool-talk database server (ttdbserver) service active.

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must not have the tool-talk database server (ttdbserver) service active.

Description

Discussion Text

The ttdbserver service for CDE is an unnecessary service that runs as root and might be compromised.

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Objective

V-29502

Rule

SV-38706r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN009180

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the /etc/inetd.conf file for active ttdbserver service.

# grep 'rpc\.ttdbserver' /etc/inetd.conf |grep -v \#

If the ttdbserver service is enabled, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out ttdbserver service line. 

Restart the inetd service.   
# refresh -s inetd

STIG check 295 of 506 in the AIX 6.1 STIG checklist

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