UUCP available

Risk Level: Medium risk vulnerability  Medium

Check or Attack Name: uucp

Platforms: Unix, Solaris: 2.5.1
Description:

UUCP was found. This may pose a security risk due to possible vulnerabilities, and should only be run if required at your site.

Remedy:

Disable uucp by commenting out the uucp line in inetd.conf. Kill the inetd process and then restart it.

References:

CERT Advisory CA-92.06, AIX uucp Vulnerability, http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-92.06.AIX.uucp.vulnerability.html


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