If AIX server does not host an SNMP agent, the dpid2 daemon must be disabled.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215364AIX7-00-003058SV-215364r958478_ruleCCI-000381medium
Description
The dpid2 daemon acts as a protocol converter, which enables DPI (SNMP v2) sub-agents, such as hostmibd, to talk to a SNMP v1 agent that follows SNMP MUX protocol. To prevent 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-215364r958478_chk)

From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/dpid2" /etc/rc.tcpip If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16560r294544_fix)

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "dpid2" entry by running command: # chrctcp -d dpid2