The Bluetooth protocol handler must be disabled or not installed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-22539	GEN007660	SV-35251r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
Bluetooth is a Personal Area Network (PAN) technology. Binding this protocol to the network stack increases the attack surface of the host. Unprivileged local processes may be able to cause the kernel to dynamically load a protocol handler by opening a socket using the protocol.

STIG	Date
HP-UX 11.23 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2015-12-02

Details

Check Text ( C-35113r1_chk )
If there is no Bluetooth protocol handler for the system, this is not applicable. The Bluetooth protocol handler is not currently available for the HP-UX 11i platform and is therefore not applicable.

Fix Text (F-26143r1_fix)
Configure the system to prevent the dynamic loading of the Bluetooth protocol handler.