The system must not have the sprayd service active.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001436

SV-38720r1_rule The system must not have the sprayd service active.

Vulnerability discussion

The sprayd service is sometimes used for network and nfs troubleshooting. The spray service can be used for both buffer overflow and Denial of Service attacks by saturating the network. The sprayd daemon is an unnecessary service.

Check content

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

Fix text

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

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