The inetd.conf and xinetd.conf files must have mode 0440 or less permissive.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
GEN003740-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003740-ESXI5-PNF	GEN003740-ESXI5-PNF_rule		Medium

Description
The Internet service daemon configuration files must be protected as malicious modification could cause Denial of Service or increase the attack surface of the system. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning.

Description

The Internet service daemon configuration files must be protected as malicious modification could cause Denial of Service or increase the attack surface of the system. Applicable, but permanent not-a-finding - Not a General Purpose (GP) OS. VMware's ESXi-v5 is a multi-user kernel where all users are "administrator" with either: Administrator with Full and partial (configurable) privileges, Read-only, or No Access. In this case, the file owner, group-owner and mode(s) have no meaning.

STIG	Date
VMware ESXi v5 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2013-01-15

Details

Check Text ( C-GEN003740-ESXI5-PNF_chk )
ESXi supports this requirement and cannot be configured to be out of compliance. This is a permanent not a finding.

Fix Text (F-GEN003740-ESXI5-PNF_fix)
This requirement is permanent not a finding. No fix is required.