The SMTP service must be an up-to-date version.

From AIX 6.1 SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

Associated with IA controls: VIVM-1

Associated with: CCI-001230

SV-38917r1_rule The SMTP service must be an up-to-date version.

Vulnerability discussion

The SMTP service version on the system must be current to avoid exposing vulnerabilities present in unpatched versions.

Check content

Determine the version of the SMTP service software. Locate the sendmail daemon. Procedure: # find / -name sendmail Obtain version information for the Sendmail daemon. Procedure: # what < file location > OR # strings < file location > | grep version OR # echo \$Z | sendmail -d0 Version 8.14.5 is the latest released version. If the Sendmail version is not at least 8.14.5 or the vendor's latest version, this is a finding.

Fix text

Obtain and install a newer version of Sendmail from the operating system vendor or from http://www.sendmail.org or ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail.

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