Title

The remshd service must not be installed. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The remshd process provides a typically unencrypted, host-authenticated remote access service. SSH should be used in place of this service.

Check Content

Determine if remshd is installed/running: # cat /etc/inetd.conf | tr '\011' ' ' | tr -s ' ' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//' | grep -v "^#" | \ grep remshd If the above command returns any evidence of the remshd service, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Uninstall the remshd service from the system. # cat /etc/inetd.conf | grep -n remshd Edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and comment the line entry for remshd, then reconfigure inetd via: # inetd -c

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-35129r1_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-22431

Group Title: GEN003825

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