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The Internet Network News (INN) server must be disabled on AIX.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215392AIX7-00-003087SV-215392r958478_ruleCCI-000381medium
Description
Internet Network News (INN) servers access Usenet newsfeeds and store newsgroup articles. INN servers use the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) to transfer information from the Usenet to the server and from the server to authorized remote hosts. If this function is necessary to support a valid mission requirement, its use must be authorized and approved in the system accreditation package.
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2026-06-15

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 5 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

CFG-01Configuration Management Program
1.00
CFG-03Least Functionality
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (36) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-11Device Lock
1.00
AC-17(1)Monitoring and Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-17(9)Disconnect or Disable Access
1.00
AC-18(1)Authentication and Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00
AU-12Audit Record Generation
1.00
AU-3Content of Audit Records
1.00

+26 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (1) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.4.6
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000381
1.00
NIST CSF 2.00 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

PR.PS-01
1.00
PR.PS-05
1.00

Who does this work

5 NICE work roles and 5 EC-Council certifications.

This is an inference across published mappings, not a single claim by anyone. This check maps to a control, which maps to a Cybersecurity Framework outcome, which NIST assigns to the work roles below. EC-Council separately maps its certifications to those same roles.

A certification prepares someone for a role. It is not evidence that a holder is qualified, and neither NIST nor EC-Council has stated that any certification here addresses this check.

Work-role assignments published by NIST (NICE Framework Components 2.2.0 and the CSF 2.0 OLIR crosswalk). Certification mappings published by EC-Council.

Details

Check Text (C-215392r958478_chk)

From the command prompt, run the following command: # ps -ef | egrep "innd|nntpd" If the above command produced any result, this is a finding. Check if "innd" or "nntpd" is started from "/etc/onetd.conf" using the following command: # egrep "innd|nntpd" /etc/inetd.conf | grep -v ^# If the above command produced any result, this is a finding. Check if "innd" or "nntpd" is added as a subsystem to the System Resource Controller (SRC): # lssrc -s innd # lssrc -s nntpd If the above commands found that "innd" or "nntpd" is defined in SRC, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16588r294628_fix)

To stop "innd" or "nntpd" from running, use the following commands: # stopsrc -s innd # stopsrc -s nntpd Some versions of "innd" and "nntpd" need the following commands to stop them: # kill -1 [innd_pid] # kill -1 [nntpd_pid] To remove "innd" and 'nntpd" from SRC, run the following commands: # rmssys -s innd # rmssys -s nntpd To stop running "innd" and "nntpd" from "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "innd" and "nntpd" lines in "/etc/inetd.conf", then refresh the "inetd": # refresh -s inetd