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The xinetd.d directory must have mode 0755 or less permissive.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22425 GEN003750 SV-35074r1_rule ECLP-1 Medium
Description
The Internet service daemon configuration files must be protected as malicious modification could cause Denial of Service or increase the attack surface of the system.
STIG Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2015-12-02

Details

Check Text ( C-36527r1_chk )
Check the (x)inetd.conf file for any included directories.

# find / -type f -name xinetd.conf | xargs -n1 ls -lL
# cat /xinetd.conf | grep -v "^#" | grep includedir

If (x)inetd.conf does not exist, or there is no includedir stanza, this is not a finding.

Individually check the mode of any directories in the configuration file.
# ls -lLd

If any of the included directories has a mode more permissive than 0755, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-31888r1_fix)
Change the mode of included xinetd configuration
directories to 0755.
# chmod 0755