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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The local initialization file lists of preloaded libraries must contain only absolute paths on AIX.

    <VulnDiscussion>The library preload list environment variable contains a list of libraries for the dynamic linker to load before loading the ...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX package management tool must be used daily to verify system software.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Verification using the system package management tool can be used to determine that system software has not been tampered wit...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The AIX DHCP client must not send dynamic DNS updates.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Dynamic DNS updates transmit unencrypted information about a system including its name and address and should not be used unl...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must not run any routing protocol daemons unless the system is a router.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Routing protocol daemons are typically used on routers to exchange network topology information with other routers. If this s...
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  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must not process ICMP timestamp requests.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The processing of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) timestamp requests increases the attack surface of the system.&lt;...
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  • The AIX root user home directory must not be the root directory (/).

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Changing the root home directory to something other than / and assigning it a 0700 protection makes it more difficult for int...
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