The pop3 daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215388 | AIX7-00-003083 | SV-215388r958478_rule | CCI-000381 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| The pop3 service provides a pop3 server. It supports the pop3 remote mail access protocol. It works with sendmail and bellmail. This service should be disabled if it is not required to prevent attacks. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-215388r958478_chk)
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^pop3[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf
If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16584r294616_fix)
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "pop3" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'pop3' -p 'tcp'
Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd