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XCCDF
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The finger daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>The fingerd daemon provides the server function for the finger command. This allows users to view real-time pertinent user login information on other remote systems. This service should be disabled as it may provide an attacker with a valid user list to target.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>