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V-215372

CAT II (Medium)

The uucp (UNIX to UNIX Copy Program) daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Rule ID

SV-215372r958478_rule

STIG

IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V3R2

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

This service facilitates file copying between networked servers. The uucp (UNIX to UNIX Copy Program), service allows users to copy files between networked machines. Unless an application or process requires UUCP this should be disabled to prevent attacks.

Check Content

From the command prompt, execute the following command: 
# grep "^uucp[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf

If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text

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

Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd