GEN009320 - The system must not have the sprayd service active.

Information

The sprayd service is sometimes used for network and nfs troubleshooting. The spray service can be used for both buffer overflow and Denial of Service attacks by saturating the network. The sprayd daemon is an unnecessary service.

Solution

Edit the /etc/inetd.conf file and comment out the sprayd service line.

Restart the inetd service.

# refresh -s inetd

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_AIX_6-1_V1R13_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001436, CSCv6|9.1, Group-ID|V-29516, Rule-ID|SV-38720r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN009320

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: 16a1582586384e0871e67688162c51923188a64409af4bbc5fbd461e75107193