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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The klogin daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The klogin service offers a higher degree of security than traditional rlogin or telnet by eliminating most clear-text passwo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The kshell daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The kshell service offers a higher degree of security than traditional rsh services. However, it still does not use encrypted...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The rquotad daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The rquotad service allows NFS clients to enforce disk quotas on file systems that are mounted on the local system. This serv...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The tftp daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The tftp service allows remote systems to download or upload files to the tftp server without any authentication. It is there...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The imap2 service must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The imap2 service or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) supports the IMAP4 remote mail access protocol. It works with se...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The pop3 daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The pop3 service provides a pop3 server. It supports the pop3 remote mail access protocol. It works with sendmail and bellmai...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The finger daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The fingerd daemon provides the server function for the finger command. This allows users to view real-time pertinent user lo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The instsrv daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The instsrv service is part of the Network Installation Tools, used for servicing servers running AIX 3.2. This service shoul...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The echo daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The echo service can be used in Denial of Service or SMURF attacks. It can also be used by someone else to get through a fire...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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  • The Internet Network News (INN) server must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Internet Network News (INN) servers access Usenet newsfeeds and store newsgroup articles. INN servers use the Network News Tr...
    Rule Medium Severity

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