The ndpd-router must be disabled on AIX.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-215368	AIX7-00-003063	SV-215368r958478_rule		Medium

Description

This manages the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) for non-kernel activities, required in IPv6. The ndpd-router manages NDP for non-kernel activities. Unless the server utilizes IPv6, this is not required and should be disabled to prevent attacks.

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

Details

Check Text (C-16566r294555_chk)

From the command prompt, execute the following command:
# grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/ndpd-router" /etc/rc.tcpip

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

Fix Text (F-16564r294556_fix)

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