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The daytime daemon must be disabled on AIX.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-91367 AIX7-00-003064 SV-101465r1_rule Medium
Description
The daytime service provides the current date and time to other servers on a network. This daytime service is a defunct time service, typically used for testing purposes only. The service should be disabled as it can leave the system vulnerable to DoS ping attacks.
STIG Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-02-24

Details

Check Text ( C-90521r1_chk )
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^daytime[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf

If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-97565r1_fix)
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "daytime" entries by running commands:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'daytime' -p 'tcp'
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'daytime' -p 'udp'

Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd