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Severity

Version

V1 · R2

CurrentPublished Fri Jul 22 2016

The system must not use UDP for NIS/NIS+.

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Assessment Title

Rule Text

The system must not use UDP for NIS/NIS+.

Description

Discussion Text

Implementing NIS or NIS+ under UDP may make the system more susceptible to a Denial of Service attack and does not provide the same quality of service as TCP.

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Objective

V-4399

Rule

SV-4399r2_rule

Severity

high

Rule Version

GEN006380

Documentable

false

IA Controls

NIST SP 800-53

Rev 5

Assessment Procedure

Check Text

If the system does not use NIS or NIS+, this is not applicable.

Check if NIS or NIS+ is implemented using UDP.

Procedure:
# rpcinfo -p | grep yp | grep udp

If NIS or NIS+ is implemented using UDP, this is a finding.

Implementation Procedure

Fix Text

Configure the system to not use UDP for NIS and NIS+.  Consult vendor documentation for the required procedure.

STIG check 477 of 630 in the VMware ESX 3 Server STIG checklist

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