The system must not have the UUCP service active.

From Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide

Associated with: CCI-001436

SV-63353r1_rule The system must not have the UUCP service active.

Vulnerability discussion

The UUCP utility is designed to assist in transferring files, executing remote commands, and sending e-mail between UNIX systems over phone lines and direct connections between systems. The UUCP utility is a primitive and arcane system with many security issues. There are alternate data transfer utilities/products that can be configured to more securely transfer data by providing for authentication as well as encryption.

Check content

# service uucp status if UUCP is "running", this is a finding.

Fix text

# chkconfig uucp off # service uucp stop # service xinetd restart

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