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The system must not have an FSP service enabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-12013 GEN005060 SV-28415r1_rule ECSC-1 High
Description
FSP is a UDP-based file transfer protocol that, in the past, was commonly used for file sharing.
STIG Date
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide 2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-28679r1_chk )
# grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf |grep in.fspd
If any results are returned, this is a finding.

Determine if the fspd process is running.
# ps -ef | grep fspd
If the process is running, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-25706r1_fix)
Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out or remove any lines referencing in.fspd.
Kill any running fspd processes and disable any fspd startup scripts.