Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
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V-215364 | AIX7-00-003058 | SV-215364r508663_rule | Medium |
Description |
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The dpid2 daemon acts as a protocol converter, which enables DPI (SNMP v2) sub-agents, such as hostmibd, to talk to a SNMP v1 agent that follows SNMP MUX protocol. To prevent attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative. |
STIG | Date |
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IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2021-03-10 |
Check Text ( C-16562r294543_chk ) |
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From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/dpid2" /etc/rc.tcpip If there is any output from the command, this is a finding. |
Fix Text (F-16560r294544_fix) |
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In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "dpid2" entry by running command: # chrctcp -d dpid2 |