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The ntalk daemon must be disabled on AIX.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-215375 AIX7-00-003070 SV-215375r508663_rule High
Description
This service establishes a two-way communication link between two users, either locally or remotely. Unless required the ntalk service will be disabled to prevent attacks.
STIG Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide 2021-06-16

Details

Check Text ( C-16573r294576_chk )
From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^ntalk[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf

If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16571r294577_fix)
In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "ntalk" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'ntalk' -p 'udp'

Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd