Title

If AIX server does not host an SNMP agent, the dpid2 daemon must be disabled. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

The dpid2 daemon acts as a protocol converter, which enables DPI (SNMP v2) sub-agents, such as hostmibd, to talk to a SNMP v1 agent that follows SNMP MUX protocol. To prevent attacks this daemon should not be enabled unless there is no alternative.

Check Content

From the command prompt, execute the following command: # grep "^start[[:blank:]]/usr/sbin/dpid2" /etc/rc.tcpip If there is any output from the command, this is a finding.

Fix Text

In "/etc/rc.tcpip", comment out the "dpid2" entry by running command: # chrctcp -d dpid2

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-215364r508663_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-215364

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

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