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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • All accounts on AIX must be assigned unique User Identification Numbers (UIDs) and must authenticate organizational and non-organizational users (or processes acting on behalf of these users).

    <VulnDiscussion>To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
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  • SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051

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  • The AIX SYSTEM attribute must not be set to NONE for any account.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;To assure accountability and prevent unauthenticated access, organizational users must be identified and authenticated to pre...
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  • SRG-OS-000109-GPOS-00056

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  • Direct logins to the AIX system must not be permitted to shared accounts, default accounts, application accounts, and utility accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Shared accounts (accounts where two or more people log in with the same user identification) do not provide identification an...
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  • SRG-OS-000112-GPOS-00057

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  • AIX must use the SSH server to implement replay-resistant authentication mechanisms for network access to privileged and non-privileged accounts.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;A replay attack may enable an unauthorized user to gain access to the operating system. Authentication sessions between the a...
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  • The AIX system must automatically remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or 72 hours.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Emergency accounts are privileged accounts that are established in response to crisis situations where the need for rapid acc...
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  • SRG-OS-000001-GPOS-00001

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  • The shipped /etc/security/mkuser.sys file on AIX must not be customized directly.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The "/etc/security/mkuser.sys" script customizes the new user account when a new user is created, or a user is logging into t...
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