AIX7-00-003066 - The ttdbserver daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Information

The ttdbserver service is the tool-talk database service for CDE. This service runs as root and should be disabled. Unless required the ttdbserver service will be disabled to prevent attacks.

Solution

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "ttdbserver" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'ttdbserver' -p 'sunrpc_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-215371r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003066, STIG-Legacy|SV-101469, STIG-Legacy|V-91371, Vuln-ID|V-215371

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 793f4b0db47986436b6adb6377a5b5edee3115db31b16e8e98cf503abbd6ad84