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Check: GEN004600

HP-UX 11.31 STIG: GEN004600 (in versions v1 r19 through v1 r13)

Title

The SMTP service must be an up-to-date version. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

The SMTP service version on the system must be current to avoid exposing vulnerabilities present in unpatched versions.

Check Content

Determine the version of the SMTP service software. To obtain version information for the Sendmail daemon: # what /usr/sbin/sendmail OR # strings /usr/sbin/sendmail | grep -i version If the Sendmail version is not at least 8.14.4, or if it is not the vendor's latest version, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Obtain and install a newer version of Sendmail from the operating system vendor or from http://www.sendmail.org or ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/sendmail.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-35065r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-4689

Group Title: GEN004600

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CCIs

CCIs tied to check.

Number	Definition
CCI-001230	The organization incorporates flaw remediation into the organizational configuration management process.

Controls

Controls tied to check. These are derived from the CCIs shown above.

Number	Title
SI-2	Flaw Remediation