AIX ftpd daemon must not be running.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215259	AIX7-00-002060	SV-215259r987796_rule	CCI-000197	high
Description
The ftp service is used to transfer files from or to a remote machine. The username and passwords are passed over the network in clear text and therefore insecurely. Remote file transfer, if required, should be facilitated through SSH.
STIG			Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide			2024-08-16

Related Frameworks

1 mapping across 4 frameworks

SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (3) 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.

IAC-10Authenticator Management

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

IAC-10.1Password-Based Authentication

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

IAC-10.4Automated Support For Password Strength

0.50

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
SCF Secure Traceability Relationship Mapping (STRM)2026.2intersects

NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (58) 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-17(1)Monitoring and Control

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption

1.00

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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(11)Usage Conditions

1.00

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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(3)Disable Accounts

1.00

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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions

1.00

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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-3Access Enforcement

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
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DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)2intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

AC-4Information Flow Enforcement

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
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DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)

+48 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (4) 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.

3.5.10

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

3.5.7

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

3.5.8

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

3.5.9

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)
DISA CCI List2025-01-23equal to(normalised)
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 2, Appendix DRev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021)equal to(normalised)

CCI1 mapping

CCI-000197

1.00

DISA STIG Benchmark (XCCDF)3intersects(normalised)

Details

Check Text (C-215259r987796_chk)

Determine if the "ftp" daemon is running by running the following command: # grep "^ftp[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf If an entry is returned like the following line, the "ftp" daemon is running: ftp stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/ftpd ftpd If the above grep command returned a line that contains "ftpd", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16455r294229_fix)

Disable "ftp" daemon entry in "/etc/inetd.conf" using command: # chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'ftp' -p 'tcp6' Reload the inetd process: # refresh -s inetd