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The ttdbserver daemon must be disabled on AIX.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>The ttdbserver service is the tool-talk database service for CDE. This service runs as root and should be disabled. Unless required the ttdbserver service will be disabled to prevent attacks.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-215371r958478_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "ttdbserver" entry by running command: 
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'ttdbserver' -p 'sunrpc_tcp'

Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd