If SNMP is not required on AIX, the snmpd service must be disabled.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215354	AIX7-00-003048	SV-215354r958478_rule		Medium

Description

The snmpd daemon is used by many 3rd party applications to monitor the health of the system. This allows remote monitoring of network and server configuration. To prevent remote attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.

STIG	Date
IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-08-16

Details

Check Text (C-16552r294513_chk)

Verify there is no "snmpd" service running on the AIX by doing the following:

From the command prompt, execute the following command:

# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/snmpd" /etc/rc.tcpip

If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-16550r294514_fix)

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "snmpd" entry by running command:
# chrctcp -d snmpd