The dtspc daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215378 | AIX7-00-003073 | SV-215378r958478_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| The dtspc service deals with the CDE interface of the X11 daemon. It is started automatically by the inetd daemon in response to a CDE client requesting a process to be started on the daemon's host. This makes it vulnerable to buffer overflow attacks, which may allow an attacker to gain root privileges on a host. This service must be disabled unless it is absolutely required. |
| STIG | Date |
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 |
Details
| Check Text (C-16576r294585_chk) |
| From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^dtspc[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf If there is any output from the command, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-16574r294586_fix) |
| In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "dtspc" entry by running command: # chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'dtspc' -p 'tcp' Restart inetd: # refresh -s inetd |