The system must not have Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) service active.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-001436

SV-38712r1_rule The system must not have Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) service active.

Vulnerability discussion

The IMAP service should not be running unless the system is acting as a mail server for client connections. Running unnecessary services increases the attack vector on the system.

Check content

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

Fix text

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the imap2 service line. Restart the inetd service. # refresh -s inetd

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