STIGQter: STIG Summary: IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide Version: 2 Release: 2 Benchmark Date: 23 Apr 2021:

The AIX rsh daemon must be disabled.

DISA Rule

SV-215346r508663_rule

Vulnerability Number

V-215346

Group Title

SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003040

Severity

CAT I

CCI(s)

• CCI-000197 - The information system, for password-based authentication, transmits only cryptographically-protected passwords.

Weight

10

Fix Recommendation

Edit the "/etc/inetd.conf" file and comment out the "rshd" service.

Restart the inetd service:
# refresh -s inetd

Check Contents

From the command prompt, run the following command:
# grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf |grep rshd

The above command may show the daemon is enabled like this:
shell stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/rshd rshd

If the above grep command returned a line that contains "rshd", this is a finding.

Vulnerability Number

V-215346

Documentable

False

Rule Version

AIX7-00-003040

Severity Override Guidance

From the command prompt, run the following command:
# grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf |grep rshd

The above command may show the daemon is enabled like this:
shell stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/rshd rshd

If the above grep command returned a line that contains "rshd", this is a finding.

Check Content Reference

M

Target Key

4012

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