II - Mission Support Classified
Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile
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SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227
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AIX run control scripts executable search paths must contain only absolute paths.
The executable search path (typically the PATH environment variable) contains a list of directories for the shell to search to find executables. If this path includes the current working directory ...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042
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The AIX rsh daemon must be disabled.
The rsh daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text.Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042
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The AIX rlogind service must be disabled.
The rlogin daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text.Rule High Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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The AIX qdaemon must be disabled if local or remote printing is not required.
The qdaemon program is the printing scheduling daemon that manages the submission of print jobs to the piobe service. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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If AIX system does not act as a remote print server for other servers, the lpd daemon must be disabled.
The lpd daemon accepts remote print jobs from other systems. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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If AIX system does not support either local or remote printing, the piobe service must be disabled.
The piobe daemon is the I/O back end for the printing process, handling the job scheduling and spooling. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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If there are no X11 clients that require CDE on AIX, the dt service must be disabled.
This entry executes the CDE startup script which starts the AIX Common Desktop Environment. To prevent attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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If NFS is not required on AIX, the NFS daemon must be disabled.
The rcnfs entry starts the NFS daemons during system boot. NFS is a service with numerous historical vulnerabilities and should not be enabled unless there is no alternative. If NFS serving is req...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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If sendmail is not required on AIX, the sendmail service must be disabled.
The sendmail service has many historical vulnerabilities and, where possible, should be disabled. If the system is not required to operate as a mail server i.e. sending, receiving or processing e-m...Rule Medium Severity -
SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049
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If SNMP is not required on AIX, the snmpd service must be disabled.
The snmpd daemon is used by many 3rd party applications to monitor the health of the system. This allows remote monitoring of network and server configuration. To prevent remote attacks this daemo...Rule Medium Severity
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