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Rules and Groups employed by this XCCDF Profile

  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must be configured to only boot from the system boot device.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The ability to boot from removable media is the same as being able to boot into single user or maintenance mode without a pas...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must not use removable media as the boot loader.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Malicious users with removable boot media can gain access to a system configured to use removable media as the boot loader.&l...
    Rule Medium Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • If the AIX host is running an SMTP service, the SMTP greeting must not provide version information.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The version of the SMTP service can be used by attackers to plan an attack based on vulnerabilities present in the specific v...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • AIX must contain no .forward files.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;The .forward file allows users to automatically forward mail to another system. Use of .forward files could allow the unautho...
    Rule Low Severity
  • SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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  • The sendmail server must have the debug feature disabled on AIX systems.

    &lt;VulnDiscussion&gt;Debug mode is a feature present in older versions of Sendmail which, if not disabled, may allow an attacker to gain access to...
    Rule Medium Severity

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