The system must not have the netstat service active on the inetd process.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001436

SV-38715r1_rule The system must not have the netstat service active on the inetd process.

Vulnerability discussion

The netstat service can potentially give out network information on active connections if it is running. The information given out can aid in an attack and weaken the systems defensive posture.

Check content

Check the /etc/inetd.conf for active netstat service. grep netstat /etc/inetd.conf | grep -v \# If the netstat service is active, this is a finding.

Fix text

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the netstat service line. Restart the inetd service. # refresh -s inetd

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