Title

The imap2 service must be disabled on AIX. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The imap2 service or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) supports the IMAP4 remote mail access protocol. It works with sendmail and bellmail. This service should be disabled if it is not required to prevent attacks.

Check Content

From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^imap2[[:blank:]]" /etc/inetd.conf If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text

In "/etc/inetd.conf", comment out the "imap2" entry by running command: # chsubserver -r inetd -C /etc/inetd.conf -d -v 'imap2' -p 'tcp' Restart inetd: # refresh -s inetd

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-215387r508663_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-215387

Group Title: SRG-OS-000095-GPOS-00049

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