IBM AIX
TMA-AIX-4.3.2.10
Ensure routed is not in use
Description
The routed daemon manages the network routing tables in the kernel. The routed daemon should not be used as it only supports RIP1, it is recommended that the routed daemon is disabled to reduce the potential attack surface. Audit: the routed start line in /etc/rc.tcpip must be commented out and the routed subsystem must not be active.
How it is checked
Audit method: Shell command
command -v lssrc >/dev/null 2>&1 || exit 1; [ -r /etc/rc.tcpip ] || exit 1; out=$( { grep -E "^[[:blank:]]*start[[:blank:]]+/usr/(sbin|lib)/routed([[:blank:]]|$)" /etc/rc.tcpip; lssrc -s routed | awk 'NR>1 && $NF=="active"' ; } 2>/dev/null ); [ -z "$out" ] && echo compliant || printf '%s\n' "$out" | head -n 20- Expected output
compliant
How it is fixed
Fix method: Guidance or infrastructure patch
Run the following script to stop and disable routed #!/usr/bin/ksh DAEMONS="routed" for l_daemon in $DAEMONS; do /usr/sbin/chrctcp -d $l_daemon /usr/bin/stopsrc -s $l_daemon done NOTE: routed is provided by bos.net.tcp.server_core so it is not possible to remove this fileset.
Properties
- Operating systems
- Any
- Tags
- aixnetwork
- Reference
- CIS IBM AIX 7 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 4.3.2.10 Ensure routed is not in use
Check this host
Run this on a machine you are allowed to audit. The scan is read-only.
tmaegis scan --target aix