If AIX server does not host an SNMP agent, the dpid2 daemon must be disabled.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215364 | AIX7-00-003058 | SV-215364r958478_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The dpid2 daemon acts as a protocol converter, which enables DPI (SNMP v2) sub-agents, such as hostmibd, to talk to a SNMP v1 agent that follows SNMP MUX protocol. To prevent attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-215364r958478_chk)
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/dpid2" /etc/rc.tcpip
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16560r294544_fix)
In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "dpid2" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d dpid2