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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • AIX ftpd daemon must not be running.

    <VulnDiscussion>The ftp service is used to transfer files from or to a remote machine. The username and passwords are passed over the network...
    Rule High Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000373-GPOS-00156

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  • AIX log files must be owned by a system account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an orga...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084

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  • AIX log files must be owned by a system group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Only authorized personnel should be aware of errors and the details of the errors. Error messages are an indicator of an orga...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100

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  • AIX system files, programs, and directories must be group-owned by a system group.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Restricting permissions will protect the files from unauthorized modification.&lt;/VulnDiscussion&gt;&lt;FalsePositives&gt;&l...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The inetd.conf file on AIX must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to system groups may provide unauthorized users with the potential ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX cron and crontab directories must be owned by root or bin.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Incorrect ownership of the cron or crontab directories could permit unauthorized users the ability to alter cron jobs and run...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX audio devices must be group-owned by root, sys, bin, or system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Without privileged group owners, audio devices will be vulnerable to being used as eaves-dropping devices by malicious users ...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • AIX time synchronization configuration file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit reco...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
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  • AIX time synchronization configuration file must be group-owned by bin, or system.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A synchronized system clock is critical for the enforcement of time-based policies and the correlation of logs and audit reco...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The AIX /etc/group file must be owned by root.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/group" file contains information regarding groups that are configured on the system. Protection of this file is imp...
    Rule Medium Severity
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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