The pop3 daemon must be disabled on AIX.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>The pop3 service provides a pop3 server. It supports the pop3 remote mail access protocol. It works with sendmail and bellmail. This service should be disabled if it is not required 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-215388r508663_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "pop3" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'pop3' -p 'tcp'
Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd