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GEN005280 - The system must not have the UUCP service active.
Information
The UUCP utility is designed to assist in transferring files, executing remote commands, and sending e-mail between UNIX systems over phone lines and direct connections between systems. The UUCP utility is a primitive and arcane system with many security issues. There are alternate data transfer utilities/products that can be configured to more securely transfer data by providing for authentication as well as encryption.Solution
# chkconfig uucp off# service uucp stop
# service xinetd restart
See Also
http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_RedHat_5_V1R18_STIG.zip
Item Details
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
References: 800-53|AC-17(8), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001436, Group-ID|V-4696, Rule-ID|SV-37688r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN005280, Vuln-ID|V-4696
Plugin: Unix
Control ID: 4fb773de4ae078d3a59413b05f023986ccef099f408a4fd0b4a2b801b0fb1e01