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AIX7-00-003085 - The instsrv daemon must be disabled on AIX.

Information

The instsrv service is part of the Network Installation Tools, used for servicing servers running AIX 3.2. This service should be disabled to prevent attacks.

Solution

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "instsrv" entry by running command:
# chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'instsrv' -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-215390r958478_rule, STIG-ID|AIX7-00-003085, STIG-Legacy|SV-101509, STIG-Legacy|V-91411, Vuln-ID|V-215390

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 1257f22af48920094f6e0dcb212fc091f21764569fc8f5c177eeaa968f5818dc