Title

AIX must not run any routing protocol daemons unless the system is a router. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Routing protocol daemons are typically used on routers to exchange network topology information with other routers. If this software is used when not required, system network information may be unnecessarily transmitted across the network.

Check Content

Check for any running routing protocol daemons by running: # ps -ef | egrep '(ospf|route|bgp|zebra|quagga|gate)' If any routing protocol daemons are listed, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Kill any routing protocol daemons by running the following command: # ps -ef |egrep '(ospf|route|bgp|zebra|quagga|gate)' | grep -v egrep | awk -F " " '{print $2}' | while read pid;do kill $pid;done

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-215428r991589_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-215428

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

Expert Comments

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