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The rlogind service must not be installed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22433 GEN003835 SV-64015r1_rule DCPP-1 Medium
Description
The rlogind process provides a typically unencrypted, host-authenticated remote access service. SSH should be used in place of this service.
STIG Date
Oracle Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide 2015-03-26

Details

Check Text ( C-52601r1_chk )
Check if the rsh-server package is installed.

Procedure:
# rpm -qa | grep rsh-server

If a package is found, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-54717r1_fix)
Remove the rsh-server package.

Procedure:
# rpm -e rsh-server