The cmsd daemon must be disabled on AIX.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
This is a calendar and appointment service for CDE. The cmsd service is utilized by CDE to provide calendar functionality. If CDE is not required, this service should be disabled to prevent attacks.
- ID
- SV-215370r958478_rule
- Version
- AIX7-00-003065
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "cmsd" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'cmsd' -p 'sunrpc_udp'
Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd