The AIX syslog daemon must not accept remote messages unless it is a syslog server documented using site-defined procedures.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215313 | AIX7-00-002132 | SV-215313r991589_rule | CCI-000366 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Unintentionally running a syslog server accepting remote messages puts the system at increased risk. Malicious syslog messages sent to the server could exploit vulnerabilities in the server software itself, could introduce misleading information in to the system's logs, or could fill the system's storage leading to a Denial of Service. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Related Frameworks
4 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-6
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1712 mappings
3.4.1
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
3.4.2
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
- NIST · Rev 2 (Feb 2020, errata Jan 2021) · nist_800_171_app_d · equivalent
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000366
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
Details
Check Text (C-215313r991589_chk)
Verify "syslogd" is running with the "-R" option using command:
# ps -ef | grep syslogd | grep -v grep
The above command should yield the following output:
root 4063356 3342368 0 Sep 11 - 0:01 /usr/sbin/syslogd -R
If the "-R" option is not present with the syslogd process, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16509r294391_fix)
Change the "syslogd" arguments in the src subsystem control and restart the "syslogd" daemon using the following commands:
# chssys -s syslogd -a '-R'
# stopsrc -s syslogd
# startsrc -s syslogd