The system must not have the UUCP service active.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-4696	GEN005280	SV-37688r1_rule	ECSC-1	Medium

Description
The UUCP utility is designed to assist in transferring files, executing remote commands, and sending e-mail between UNIX systems over phone lines and direct connections between systems. The UUCP utility is a primitive and arcane system with many security issues. There are alternate data transfer utilities/products that can be configured to more securely transfer data by providing for authentication as well as encryption.

Description

The UUCP utility is designed to assist in transferring files, executing remote commands, and sending e-mail between UNIX systems over phone lines and direct connections between systems. The UUCP utility is a primitive and arcane system with many security issues. There are alternate data transfer utilities/products that can be configured to more securely transfer data by providing for authentication as well as encryption.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-04-02

Details

Check Text ( C-36881r1_chk )
# service uucp status if UUCP is "running", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31895r1_fix)
# chkconfig uucp off # service uucp stop # service xinetd restart