The rshd service must not be running.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
RHEL-06-000214	RHEL-06-000214	RHEL-06-000214_rule		High

Description
The rsh service uses unencrypted network communications, which means that data from the login session, including passwords and all other information transmitted during the session, can be stolen by eavesdroppers on the network.

STIG	Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-02-05

Details

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000214_chk )
To check that the "rsh" service is disabled in system boot configuration, run the following command: # chkconfig "rsh" --list Output should indicate the "rsh" service has either not been installed, or has been disabled at all runlevels, as shown in the example below: # chkconfig "rsh" --list "rsh" 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off Run the following command to verify "rsh" is disabled through current runtime configuration: # service rsh status If the service is disabled the command will return the following output: rsh is stopped If the service is running, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-RHEL-06-000214_chk )

To check that the "rsh" service is disabled in system boot configuration, run the following command:

# chkconfig "rsh" --list

Output should indicate the "rsh" service has either not been installed, or has been disabled at all runlevels, as shown in the example below:

# chkconfig "rsh" --list
"rsh" 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off

Run the following command to verify "rsh" is disabled through current runtime configuration:

# service rsh status

If the service is disabled the command will return the following output:

rsh is stopped

If the service is running, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-RHEL-06-000214_fix)
The "rsh" service, which is available with the "rsh-server" package and runs as a service through xinetd, should be disabled. The "rsh" service can be disabled with the following command: # chkconfig rsh off