The AIX rsh daemon must be disabled.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215346 | AIX7-00-003040 | SV-215346r987796_rule | CCI-000197 | high |
| Description | ||||
| The rsh daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 | |||
Related Frameworks
6 paths across 3 frameworks
Related Frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
IA-5(1)
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
- DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1714 mappings
3.5.10
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
3.5.7
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
3.5.8
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
3.5.9
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-000197
1.00
- DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
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