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4.3.1.3 Ensure piobe service is not in use

Information

The piobe daemon is the I/O back end for the printing process, handling the job scheduling and spooling.

piobe is a legacy daemon that has known vulnerabilities. This daemon should be disabled to reduce the attack surface of the system.

Solution

In /etc/inittab, remove the piobe entry:

rmitab piobe

Impact:

Disabling piobe will remove the system's ability to support remote printing.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/22751

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6, 800-53|CM-7, CSCv7|9.2

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 089344398d67e5a3cc7dc075988521a1cb787f561425a725ffa4f864abcd9273