GEN003700 - Xinetd must be disabled or removed if no network services utilizing them are enabled - 'chkconfig'

Information

Unnecessary services should be disabled to decrease the attack surface of the system.

Solution

# service xinetd stop ; chkconfig xinetd off

See Also

http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 v1r18 Audit

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000305, Group-ID|V-12005, Rule-ID|SV-27424r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN003700, Vuln-ID|V-12005

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 7849678d27bf400b194a132571250f9a8ea1ba8be0e534fc16da1b8d3f004baa