Detections
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GEN003860 - The system must not have the finger service active.
Information
The finger service provides information about the system's users to network clients. This information could expose information that could be used in subsequent attacks.Solution
Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment out the finger service line. Restart the inetd service.See Also
http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_STIG_Library_2015_07.zip
Item Details
Audit Name: DISA AIX 5.3 STIG v1r2
Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
References: 800-53|CM-7, CAT|III, CCI|CCI-001551, CSCv6|9.1, Rule-ID|SV-27440r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN003860, Vuln-ID|V-4701
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 5cfe49304a76880aca9d2b7df90f216d98606ad5f38162d504ba74e68468916a