IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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The AIX audit configuration files must be group-owned by audit.
<VulnDiscussion>Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000063-GPOS-00032
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The AIX audit configuration files must be set to 640 or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>Without the capability to restrict which roles and individuals can select which events are audited, unauthorized personnel ma...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000029-GPOS-00010
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX must automatically lock after 15 minutes of inactivity in the CDE Graphical desktop environment.
<VulnDiscussion>A session time-out lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinit...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000279-GPOS-00109
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX passwd.nntp file must have mode 0600 or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>File permissions more permissive than 0600 for /etc/news/passwd.nntp may allow access to privileged information by system int...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX must set inactivity time-out on login sessions and terminate all login sessions after 10 minutes of inactivity.
<VulnDiscussion>Automatic session termination addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to the termination of ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000067-GPOS-00035
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX SSH private host key files must have mode 0600 or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>If the private key is discovered, an attacker can use the key to authenticate as an authorized user and gain access to the ne...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX must disable /usr/bin/rcp, /usr/bin/rlogin, /usr/bin/rsh, /usr/bin/rexec and /usr/bin/telnet commands.
<VulnDiscussion>The listed applications permit the transmission of passwords in plain text. Alternative applications such as SSH, which encr...Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX log files must have mode 0640 or less permissive.
<VulnDiscussion>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 -
SRG-OS-000206-GPOS-00084
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
AIX log files must not have extended ACLs, except as needed to support authorized software.
<VulnDiscussion>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 -
SRG-OS-000259-GPOS-00100
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
The sticky bit must be set on all public directories on AIX systems.
<VulnDiscussion>Failing to set the sticky bit on public directories allows unauthorized users to delete files in the directory structure. The...Rule Medium Severity -
The AIX ldd command must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The ldd command provides a list of dependent libraries needed by a given binary, which is useful for troubleshooting software...Rule Medium Severity
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