The AIX rsh daemon must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| high | V-215346 | SRG-OS-000074-GPOS-00042 | AIX7-00-003040 | SV-215346r987796_rule | 2024-08-16 | 3 |
| Description |
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| The rsh daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| 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. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Edit the "/etc/inetd.conf" file and comment out the "rshd" service. Restart the inetd service: # refresh -s inetd |