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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Rules, Groups, and Values defined within the XCCDF Benchmark

  • The talk daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    <VulnDiscussion>This talk service is used to establish an interactive two-way communication link between two UNIX users. Unless required the ...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The ntalk daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;This service establishes a two-way communication link between two users, either locally or remotely. Unless required the ntal...
    Rule High Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The sprayd daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The sprayd service is used as a tool to generate UDP packets for testing and diagnosing network problems. The service must be...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The finger daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The fingerd daemon provides the server function for the finger command. This allows users to view real-time pertinent user lo...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group
  • The instsrv daemon must be disabled on AIX.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The instsrv service is part of the Network Installation Tools, used for servicing servers running AIX 3.2. This service shoul...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

    <GroupDescription></GroupDescription>
    Group

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