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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-12506r2_rule ECSC-1 Medium
Description
Unnecessary services should be disabled to decrease the attack surface of the system.
STIG Date
SOLARIS 9 SPARC SECURITY TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE 2015-10-01

Details

Check Text ( C-7969r2_chk )
First, determine if inetd/xinetd is running.
# ps -ef |grep inetd
If inetd is not running, this is not a finding.
# grep -v "^#" /etc/inetd.conf
If no active services are found, yet the inetd daemon is running, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-11265r2_fix)
Remove or disable the inetd startup scripts and kill the service.