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AIX7-00-003084 - The finger daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Information

The fingerd daemon provides the server function for the finger command. This allows users to view real-time pertinent user login information on other remote systems. This service should be disabled as it may provide an attacker with a valid user list to target.

Solution

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "finger" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'finger' -p 'tcp'

Restart inetd:
# refresh -s inetd

See Also

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

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-215389r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003084, STIG-Legacy|SV-101507, STIG-Legacy|V-91409, Vuln-ID|V-215389

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7323f1607cc7a98d724db69c4eb166f6fdfc8fd7b3b01e316a4fc8980217c93b