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The AIX rsh daemon must be disabled.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215346AIX7-00-003040SV-215346r987796_ruleCCI-000197high
Description
The rsh daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text.
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-08-16

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
IAC-10.1Password-Based Authentication
0.50
IAC-10.4Automated Support For Password Strength
0.50
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
AC-17(2)Protection of Confidentiality and Integrity Using Encryption
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00
AC-4Information Flow Enforcement
1.00

+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
3.5.7
1.00
3.5.8
1.00
3.5.9
1.00
CCI1 mapping
CCI-000197
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-215346r987796_chk)

From the command prompt, run the following command: # grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf |grep rshd The above command may show the daemon is enabled like this: shell stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/rshd rshd If the above grep command returned a line that contains "rshd", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16542r294490_fix)

Edit the "/etc/inetd.conf" file and comment out the "rshd" service. Restart the inetd service: # refresh -s inetd