The ttdbserver daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215371AIX7-00-003066SV-215371r958478_ruleCCI-000381medium
Description
The ttdbserver service is the tool-talk database service for CDE. This service runs as root and should be disabled. Unless required the ttdbserver service will be disabled to prevent attacks.
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-08-16

Details

Check Text (C-215371r958478_chk)

From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^#ttdbserver[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16567r294565_fix)

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "ttdbserver" entry by running command: # chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'ttdbserver' -p 'sunrpc_tcp' Restart inetd: # refresh -s inetd