AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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V1 · R14

CurrentPublished Fri Oct 26 2018

The system must not have the netstat service active on the inetd process.

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must not have the netstat service active on the inetd process.

Description

Discussion Text

The netstat service can potentially give out network information on active connections if it is running. The information given out can aid in an attack and weaken the systems defensive posture.

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Objective

V-29511

Rule

SV-38715r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN009270

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check the /etc/inetd.conf for active netstat service.

grep netstat /etc/inetd.conf | grep -v \#

If the netstat service is active,  this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the netstat service line. 

Restart the inetd service.   
# refresh -s inetd

STIG check 304 of 506 in the AIX 6.1 STIG checklist

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