IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark
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If there are no X11 clients that require CDE on AIX, the dt service must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>This entry executes the CDE startup script which starts the AIX Common Desktop Environment. To prevent attacks this daemon s...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The .rhosts file must not be supported in AIX PAM.
<VulnDiscussion>.rhosts files are used to specify a list of hosts permitted remote access to a particular account without authenticating. The...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00230
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If NFS is not required on AIX, the NFS daemon must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The rcnfs entry starts the NFS daemons during system boot. NFS is a service with numerous historical vulnerabilities and sho...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
<GroupDescription></GroupDescription>Group -
If sendmail is not required on AIX, the sendmail service must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The sendmail service has many historical vulnerabilities and, where possible, should be disabled. If the system is not requir...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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If SNMP is not required on AIX, the snmpd service must be disabled.
<VulnDiscussion>The snmpd daemon is used by many 3rd party applications to monitor the health of the system. This allows remote monitoring of...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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