The cmsd daemon must be disabled on AIX.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>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.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-215370r508663_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - 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