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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-45756r1_rule Medium
Description
Unnecessary services should be disabled to decrease the attack surface of the system.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-43109r1_chk )
# ps -ef |grep xinetd
If xinetd is not running, this check is not a finding.
# grep -v "^#" /etc/xinetd.conf
# grep disable /etc/xinetd.d/* |grep no
If no active services are found, and the inetd daemon is running, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-39155r1_fix)
# rcxinetd stop; insserv -r xinetd
OR

# service xinetd stop ; chkconfig xinetd off