The imap2 service must be disabled on AIX.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-215387AIX7-00-003082SV-215387r958478_ruleCCI-000381medium
Description
The imap2 service or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) supports the IMAP4 remote mail access protocol. It works with sendmail and bellmail. This service should be disabled if it is not required to prevent attacks.
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-215387r958478_chk)

From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^imap2[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16583r294613_fix)

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "imap2" entry by running command: # chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'imap2' -p 'tcp' Restart inetd: # refresh -s inetd