PHTN-67-000114 - The Photon OS must not have the xinetd service enabled.

Information

The xinetd service is not required for normal appliance operation and must be disabled.

Solution

At the command line, execute the following commands:

# service xinetd stop
# systemctl disable xinetd.service

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_Y23M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG VMware vSphere 6.7 Photon OS v1r6

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-239185r675363_rule, STIG-ID|PHTN-67-000114, Vuln-ID|V-239185

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: dffca853fb0da2c3dc0b64f4145b3d2f677965dd9a217cc402bfb0e17d5ed566