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Inetd and xinetd must be disabled or removed if no network services utilizing them are enabled.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-12005 GEN003700 SV-27426r1_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Unnecessary services should be disabled to decrease the attack surface of the system.
STIG Date
Solaris 10 SPARC Security Technical Implementation Guide 2020-02-26

Details

Check Text ( C-28611r2_chk )
Determine if inetd is running,
# svcs -a | grep inetd
If inetd is not running, this check is not a finding.
# inetadm | grep -v disabled
If no enabled/online services are found, yet the inetd daemon is running, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-24697r1_fix)
Disable the inetd service.

Procedure:
# svcadm disable inetd