AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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Version

V1 · R14

CurrentPublished Fri Oct 26 2018

Xserver login managers must not be running unless needed for X11 session management.

AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Assessment Title

Rule Text

Xserver login managers must not be running unless needed for X11 session management.

Description

Discussion Text

Running Xservers and X-login managers when not needed for X11 session management increases the attack vector of the system by running unnecessary services.

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Objective

V-29518

Rule

SV-38722r1_rule

Severity

medium

Rule Version

GEN009340

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

Check to see if X display login managers are running.

#cat /etc/inittab | grep -e /etc/rc.dt -e xdm

If any X server login managers are running,  ask the SA if they are necessary for the operation of the system.  

If there is unnecessary X server login managers running, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Comment out or remove  the X login servers from the /etc/inittab file.

#vi /etc/inittab 

Refresh the init process.

# init q

STIG check 311 of 506 in the AIX 6.1 STIG checklist

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