The ndpd-router must be disabled on AIX.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215368 | AIX7-00-003063 | SV-215368r958478_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| This manages the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) for non-kernel activities, required in IPv6. The ndpd-router manages NDP for non-kernel activities. Unless the server utilizes IPv6, this is not required and should be disabled to prevent attacks. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-215368r958478_chk)
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/ndpd-router" /etc/rc.tcpip
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16564r294556_fix)
In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "ndpd-router" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d ndpd-router