Title

The inetd.conf file on AIX must be group owned by the "system" group. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Failure to give ownership of sensitive files or utilities to system groups may provide unauthorized users with the potential to access sensitive information or change the system configuration which could weaken the system's security posture.

Check Content

Check the group ownership of "/etc/inetd.conf": # ls -al /etc/inetd.conf The above command should yield the following output: -rw-r----- root system /etc/inetd.conf If the file is not group owned by system, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Change the group ownership of "/etc/inetd.conf": # chgrp system /etc/inetd.conf

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-245564r991589_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-245564

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

Expert Comments

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