Ensure sendmail version information is hidden

MoyenneNiveau 1Automatiséeaix

Description

The recommendation is to change both the default sendmail greeting and HELP output to not display the sendmail version. The sendmail deamon has a history of security vulnerabilities. The recommendation is to change the default sendmail settings that display the sendmail version and other related information. Audit: SmtpGreetingMessage must be set without "Sendmail $b" and /etc/mail/helpfile must exist.

Méthode de vérification

Méthode d'audit: Commande shell

shell

[ -r /etc/mail/sendmail.cf ] || exit 1; l=$(grep -i "^O SmtpGreetingMessage" /etc/mail/sendmail.cf); if [ -z "$l" ]; then echo "SmtpGreetingMessage not set"; else case "$l" in *"Sendmail \$b"*) echo "version disclosed: $l";; *) [ -e /etc/mail/helpfile ] && echo compliant || echo "sendmail helpfile missing";; esac; fi

Sortie attendue: compliant

Méthode de correction

Méthode de correction: Recommandation ou correctif d'infrastructure

Create a backup copy of /etc/mail/sendmail.cf: cp -p /etc/mail/sendmail.cf /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.pre_cis Edit: vi /etc/mail/sendmail.cf Replace: O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j Sendmail $b With: O SmtpGreetingMessage=mailerready Ensure Sendmail helpfile exists test -e /etc/mail/helpfile || touch /etc/mail/helpfile

Propriétés

Systèmes d'exploitation: Tous
Étiquettes: aixservices
Référence: CIS IBM AIX 7 Benchmark v1.2.0 - 4.6.4.1 Ensure sendmail version information is hidden

Vérifier cet hôte

Exécutez cette commande sur une machine que vous êtes autorisé à auditer. L'analyse est en lecture seule.

shell

tmaegis scan --target aix