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GEN005280 - The system must not have the UUCP service active

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Information

The UUCP utility is designed to assist in transferring files, executing remote commands, and sending e-mail between UNIX systems over phone lines and direct connections between systems. The UUCP utility is a primitive and arcane system with many security issues. There are alternate data transfer utilities/products that can be configured to more securely transfer data by providing for authentication as well as encryption.

Solution

Edit /etc/inetd.conf and comment the uucp service entry. Restart the inetd service.
# inetd -c

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_HPUX_11-31_V1R19_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001436, CSCv6|9.1, Rule-ID|SV-35171r1_rule, STIG-ID|GEN005280, Vuln-ID|V-4696

Plugin: Unix

Control ID: b56687c1ef974aa4d9f2185daa6f5c70fe05af127ccb2c42d36592eaeb080191