The pop3 daemon must be disabled on AIX.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-215388 | AIX7-00-003083 | SV-215388r958478_rule | Medium |
| Description |
| The pop3 service provides a pop3 server. It supports the pop3 remote mail access protocol. It works with sendmail and bellmail. This service should be disabled if it is not required to prevent attacks. |
| STIG | Date |
| IBM AIX 7.x Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2024-08-16 |
Details
| Check Text (C-16586r294615_chk) |
| From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^pop3[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf If there is any output from the command, this is a finding. |
| Fix Text (F-16584r294616_fix) |
| In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "pop3" entry by running command: # chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'pop3' -p 'tcp' Restart inetd: # refresh -s inetd |