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The AIX rsh daemon must be disabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-215346 AIX7-00-003040 SV-215346r877396_rule High
Description
The rsh daemon permits username and passwords to be passed over the network in clear text.
STIG Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide 2023-02-13

Details

Check Text ( C-16544r294489_chk )
From the command prompt, run the following command:
# grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf |grep rshd

The above command may show the daemon is enabled like this:
shell stream tcp6 nowait root /usr/sbin/rshd rshd

If the above grep command returned a line that contains "rshd", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-16542r294490_fix)
Edit the "/etc/inetd.conf" file and comment out the "rshd" service.

Restart the inetd service:
# refresh -s inetd