The AIX qdaemon must be disabled if local or remote printing is not required.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215348AIX7-00-003042SV-215348r958478_ruleCCI-000381medium
Description
The qdaemon program is the printing scheduling daemon that manages the submission of print jobs to the piobe service. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.
STIGDate
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide2024-08-16

Related Frameworks

3 paths across 3 frameworks
NIST 800-531 mapping
CM-7
1.00
  • DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related
  • DISA · 2025-01-23 · disa_cci_list · equivalent
NIST 800-1711 mapping
3.4.6
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-000381
1.00
  • DISA · 3 · disa_xccdf · related

Details

Check Text (C-215348r958478_chk)

From the command prompt, execute the following command: # lsitab qdaemon If the command yields any output, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16544r294496_fix)

In "/etc/inittab", remove the "qdaemon" entry by running the following command: # rmitab qdaemon To request the init command to re-examine the "/etc/inittab" file, enter: # telinit q