The system must have USB disabled unless needed.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: ECSC-1

Associated with: CCI-000366

SV-38833r1_rule The system must have USB disabled unless needed.

Vulnerability discussion

USB is a common computer peripheral interface. USB devices may include storage devices that could be used to install malicious software on a system or exfiltrate data.

Check content

AIX has server USB drivers installed, such as keyboard, mount, and mass media drivers. Determine if the system has USB enabled. # lsdev -C | grep usb # lslpp -l | grep usb If usb filesets are installed on the system, USB is enabled and this is a finding.

Fix text

Disable USB devices on the system. Use SMIT to remove the following filesets. devices.usbif.* # smitty remove

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