rje mapper service

Risk Level: Low risk vulnerability  Low

Check or Attack Name: rje mapper

Platforms: Unix
Description:

The RPC rje_mapper service was detected as running. The rje_mapper is part of many Remote Job Entry (RJE) implementations. RJE is a system for batch-oriented transfers between a host and downstream devices, such as printers. The rje_mapper service registers with the RPC portmapper as program 100014.

Remedy:

This service should be disabled if RJE is not implemented on your network.

References:

Request for Comment document RFC 407, REMOTE JOB ENTRY PROTOCOL, http://andrew2.andrew.cmu.edu/rfc/rfc407.html


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