The system must not have the rstatd service active.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-29517	GEN009330	SV-38721r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The rstatd can give out information on the running system such as the CPU usage, the system uptime, its network usage and other system information that could potentially aid in an attack. The rstatd service is unnecessary and it weakens the defensive posture of the system. If systems monitoring is needed, use a third party tool or snmp.

STIG	Date
Draft AIX Security Technical Implementation Guide	2011-08-17

Details

Check Text ( C-37817r1_chk )
Check the /etc/inetd.conf file for active rstatd service. #grep rstatd /etc/inetd.conf | grep -v \# If the rstatd service is enabled, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-33075r1_fix)
Edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and comment out the rstatd service line. Restart the inetd service. #refresh –s inetd