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The rexecd service must not be installed.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-22434 GEN003845 SV-45808r1_rule Medium
Description
The rexecd process provides a typically unencrypted, host-authenticated remote access service. SSH should be used in place of this service.
STIG Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server v11 for System z 2016-12-20

Details

Check Text ( C-43129r1_chk )
Check if the rsh-server package is installed.

Procedure:
# rpm -qa | grep rsh-server

If a package is found, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-39198r1_fix)
Remove the rsh-server package.

Procedure:
# rpm -e rsh-server
# SuSEconfig