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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • SRG-OS-000073-GPOS-00041

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    Group
  • The AIX system must have no .netrc files on the system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Unencrypted passwords for remote FTP servers may be stored in .netrc files. Policy requires passwords be encrypted in storage...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000080-GPOS-00048

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    Group
  • AIX must turn on enhanced Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to isolate security functions from nonsecurity functions, to grant system privileges to other operating system admins, and prohibit user installation of system software without explicit privileged status.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To mitigate the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive information by entities that have been issued certificates by DoD-ap...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • If DHCP server is not required on AIX, the DHCP server must be disabled.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The dhcpsd daemon is the DHCP server that serves addresses and configuration information to DHCP clients in the network. To ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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    Group
  • The rwalld daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The rwalld service allows remote users to broadcast system wide messages. The service runs as root and should be disabled unl...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000269-GPOS-00103

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    Group
  • In the event of a system failure, AIX must preserve any information necessary to determine cause of failure and any information necessary to return to operations with least disruption to mission processes.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to a known state can address safety or security in accordance with the mission/business needs of the organization. Fa...
    Rule Medium Severity

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