AIX7-00-003060 - If SNMP is not required on AIX, the snmpmibd daemon must be disabled.

Information

The snmpmibd daemon is a dpi2 sub-agent which manages a number of MIB variables. If snmpd is not required, it is recommended that it is disabled.

Solution

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "snmpmibd" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d snmpmibd

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_IBM_AIX_7-x_V3R3_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA IBM AIX 7.x STIG v3r3

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215365r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003060, STIG-Legacy|SV-101457, STIG-Legacy|V-91359, Vuln-ID|V-215365

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 66948a531ecf6a4a38de173ebcda46b81f16b1298fc5b28f6431ba10aa7c58c0